ᱡᱚᱦᱟᱨ!
say it: “joh-HAR”
Santali
in its own words: ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ
- Speakers
- 7.6 million (estimate)
- Family
- Austroasiatic
- Vitality
- Vulnerable
- Where it is spoken
- Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
- Script
- Ol Chiki
- Official language
- India (regional)
Fun fact
In 1925 Raghunath Murmu created the Ol Chiki script for Santali. Since 2003 Santali has been one of the scheduled languages of the Indian constitution.