{"id":12720,"date":"2025-12-30T12:05:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T06:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12720"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T11:49:04","slug":"ol-chiki-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ol-chiki-script\/","title":{"rendered":"Ol Chiki Script"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ol Chiki Script Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the President of India attended the Centenary celebrations of the Ol Chiki script of the Santhali Language in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ol Chiki Script<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was invented in 1925 by <\/span><b>Pandit Raghunath Murmu,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a writer and teacher from what is Mayurbhanj State (now part of Odisha) in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Other names:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ol Chiki is also known as <\/span><b>Ol Cemet\u2019, Ol Ciki, Ol<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or the Santali alphabet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was created as a way to <\/span><b>promote Santali culture.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ol Chiki script itself is uniquely structured to <\/span><b>suit the Santali language.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>consists of 30 letters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is fully phonetic, with each letter corresponding to a distinct sound.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The script was <\/span><b>first publicized in 1939<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the Mayurbhanj State exhibition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murmu published over 150 books in Santali in the Ol Chiki script, including novels, poetry, drama, grammars, dictionaries and other information about the language and script.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Santali Language<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a member of the Munda branch of the <\/span><b>Austroasiatic language family,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is an ancient family of languages spoken across parts of South and Southeast Asia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is spoken mainly in <\/span><b>Jharkhand and West Bengal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> states in northern India, and also in northwestern Bangladesh, eastern Nepal and Bhutan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was included in the <\/span><b>Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2003, with Ol Chiki recognised as its official script, giving the language constitutional status.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/president-droupadi-murmu-to-attend-ol-chiki-centenary-celebrations-and-nit-jamshedpur-convocation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ol Chiki Script was invented in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu, a writer and teacher from what is Mayurbhanj State (now part of Odisha) in India. 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