Lesson 015–10 min
ᱚᱞ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱯᱟᱨᱪᱟᱭ
Introduction to Ol Chiki
Meet the 30 letters of the script invented by Pandit Raghunath Murmu.
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ᱚᱞ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱤᱛᱩᱱ · Free primer
Learn to read & write Ol Chiki.
SNT Ol Itun is a gentle online primer for the Santali script — letter by letter, word by word, with practice pages from Narendra Tudu's book.
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Letters
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Lessons
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The 30 letters of Ol Chiki
Each letter carries a meaning — the shape itself tells you the sound and the word it comes from.
ᱚ
ot
earth
ᱛ
at
carry
ᱜ
ag
to bring
ᱝ
ang
limb
ᱞ
al
to write
ᱟ
aa
long a
ᱠ
aak
open
ᱡ
aaj
he/she
ᱢ
aam
you
ᱣ
aw
to come
ᱤ
ih
this
ᱥ
is
plough
ᱦ
ih
yes
ᱧ
iny
I
ᱨ
ir
to reap
ᱩ
uh
short u
ᱪ
uch
high
ᱫ
ud
mushroom
ᱬ
unn
fall
ᱭ
uy
bend
ᱮ
eh
short e
ᱯ
ep
to catch
ᱰ
edd
to swallow
ᱱ
en
to thresh
ᱲ
err
to plough
ᱳ
oh
short o
ᱴ
ott
to bark
ᱵ
ob
to bathe
ᱶ
ov
nasal
ᱷ
oh
breath
Lessons, step by step
Six short lessons take you from your first letter to reading whole poems.
Lesson 025–10 min
ᱨᱟᱲ ᱠᱚ
Vowels & sounds
Six vowels and how each one is pronounced in everyday Santali words.
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Lesson 035–10 min
ᱚᱞ ᱪᱷᱟᱯ
Writing strokes
Step-by-step stroke order so your letters look clean from day one.
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Lesson 045–10 min
ᱚᱱᱚᱲᱷᱮ ᱨᱚᱲ
First words
Read your first Santali words — earth, water, home, mother, father.
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Lesson 055–10 min
ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ
Reading practice
Short sentences and rhymes drawn from the SNT Ol Itun primer.
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Lesson 065–10 min
ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱢ ᱟᱜᱟᱢ
Stories & poems
Traditional poems by Narendra Tudu to read aloud and memorise.
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Practice the way the book teaches it
SNT Ol Itun mirrors the printed primer by Narendra Tudu — same order, same words, same writing grids. Use it in class or at home.
- ✓Trace each letter on guided ruled grids
- ✓Read along with the romanised pronunciation
- ✓Build vocabulary from real Santali words
- ✓Memorise traditional poems and rhymes
Today's reading
ᱟᱹᱛᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱛᱟᱢ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ,
ᱚᱠᱚ ᱛᱢ ᱟᱥ ᱚᱣᱟ ᱾
"Your birth-land, your own place — that is where you belong."
— from Ol Itun, page 26
Made to keep Santali alive.
SNT Ol Itun is a small project to put the printed Ol Chiki primer online so any learner — student, parent or teacher — can pick it up and start reading today.