Until the nineteenth century, Santali remained an oral language and all shared knowledge was transmitted by word of mouth from generation to generation. The interest of Europeans in the study of Indian languages led to the first efforts at documenting the Santali language. Bengali and Roman scripts were first used to write Santali before the 1860s by European anthropologists, folklorists and missionaries like Campbell, Skrefsrud and Bodding. Their efforts resulted in Santali dictionaries, versions of folk tales, and the study of the morphology, syntax and phonetic structure of the language.
In the 1970s the Ol Chiki script for Santali which was developed by Guru Gomke Pandit Raghunath Murmu in 1925, which is used exclusively by the Santali speaking people of Singhbhum and Odisha.
Olchiki as Santali Script is widely accepted among Santal Communities, however presently in West Bengal, Odisha & Jharkhand, the Ol chiki is the official script for Santali literature & language. However, users from Bangladesh use Eastern Nagari.
In the 1970s the Ol Chiki script for Santali which was developed by Guru Gomke Pandit Raghunath Murmu in 1925, which is used exclusively by the Santali speaking people of Singhbhum and Odisha.
Olchiki as Santali Script is widely accepted among Santal Communities, however presently in West Bengal, Odisha & Jharkhand, the Ol chiki is the official script for Santali literature & language. However, users from Bangladesh use Eastern Nagari.
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