Amrit Sufi interviews Shakuntala Marndi, a Santali-language Wikipedian, about her efforts to promote Santali online, particularly through her blog and Wikimedia projects.
Q&A: Meet Shakuntala Marndi, Santali-language activist and Wikimedian
Amrit Sufi interviews Shakuntala Marndi, a Santali-language Wikipedian, about her efforts to promote Santali online, particularly through her blog and Wikimedia projects.
globalvoices.org
April 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Amrit Sufi interviews Shakuntala Marndi, a Santali-language Wikipedian, about her efforts to promote Santali online, particularly through her blog and Wikimedia projects.
📣 New Podcast! "The Origin of the Banam: A Santali Tale of Betrayal and Song" on @Spreaker #acoustic #ai #banam #cultural #dodro #folk #folklore #india #indian #indigenous #instruments #legends #mythology #of #origin #santali #storytelling #tales #traditional #voice
The Origin of the Banam: A Santali Tale of Betrayal and Song
Listen to an immersive, AI-voiced retelling of a classic Santali folk tale that explores the haunting origins of the traditional Dodro Banam instrument. Set deep within ancient sal forests, the story follows seven hunter brothers and their devoted sister, Sari, who tended to their hearth. When an accidental slip of iron draws Sari's blood into their evening meal, the eldest brother's monstrous greed is awakened, leading to an unthinkable betrayal.
Only the youngest brother resists the tragic feast, secretly burying Sari's remains by an ancient anthill. From her quiet grave sprouts a solitary, whispering tree, later discovered by a wandering craftsman. As the craftsman carves the timber into the form of a woman, the very first Dodro Banam is created.
This captivating audio journey reveals how the spirit of a lost sister returned in a timeless song to confront her brothers and bring peace to the youngest. Tune in to experience a dark, beautiful legend of indigenous Indian culture brought to life through advanced AI voice generation.
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September 27, 2026 at 2:11 PM
📣 New Podcast! "The Origin of the Banam: A Santali Tale of Betrayal and Song" on @Spreaker #acoustic #ai #banam #cultural #dodro #folk #folklore #india #indian #indigenous #instruments #legends #mythology #of #origin #santali #storytelling #tales #traditional #voice
Johar
Det er "god morgen" på Santali ,snakket i India, Bangladesh og Nepal
Santali er et av de offisielle stammespråkene i India, brukt av over 7 millioner mennesker. Det har sin egen unike skrift, Ol Chiki, men skrives også med latinske, devanagari og bengalske bokstaver.
Nå vet du det. Johar.
Det er "god morgen" på Santali ,snakket i India, Bangladesh og Nepal
Santali er et av de offisielle stammespråkene i India, brukt av over 7 millioner mennesker. Det har sin egen unike skrift, Ol Chiki, men skrives også med latinske, devanagari og bengalske bokstaver.
Nå vet du det. Johar.
March 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Johar
Det er "god morgen" på Santali ,snakket i India, Bangladesh og Nepal
Santali er et av de offisielle stammespråkene i India, brukt av over 7 millioner mennesker. Det har sin egen unike skrift, Ol Chiki, men skrives også med latinske, devanagari og bengalske bokstaver.
Nå vet du det. Johar.
Det er "god morgen" på Santali ,snakket i India, Bangladesh og Nepal
Santali er et av de offisielle stammespråkene i India, brukt av over 7 millioner mennesker. Det har sin egen unike skrift, Ol Chiki, men skrives også med latinske, devanagari og bengalske bokstaver.
Nå vet du det. Johar.
This series highlights the personal journeys of language activists who are also Wikimedians, exploring how they preserve, promote, and revitalize their languages through Wikimedia projects and digital tools to support their broader goals.
Q&A: Meet Shakuntala Marndi, Santali-language activist and Wikimedian
Amrit Sufi interviews Shakuntala Marndi, a Santali-language Wikipedian, about her efforts to promote Santali online, particularly through her blog and Wikimedia projects.
rising.globalvoices.org
April 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This series highlights the personal journeys of language activists who are also Wikimedians, exploring how they preserve, promote, and revitalize their languages through Wikimedia projects and digital tools to support their broader goals.
Amrit Sufi interviews Shakuntala Marndi, a Santali-language Wikipedian, about her efforts to promote Santali online, particularly through her blog and Wikimedia projects.
Q&A: Meet Shakuntala Marndi, Santali-language activist and Wikimedian
Amrit Sufi interviews Shakuntala Marndi, a Santali-language Wikipedian, about her efforts to promote Santali online, particularly through her blog and Wikimedia projects.
globalvoices.org
March 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Amrit Sufi interviews Shakuntala Marndi, a Santali-language Wikipedian, about her efforts to promote Santali online, particularly through her blog and Wikimedia projects.
Some South Asian languages (I’d never heard of) that have a million+ native speakers:
Maithili: ~13.5m
Bhili/Bhilodi: ~10.4m
Santali: ~7.3m
Gondi: ~2.9m
Dogri: ~2.5m
Konkani: ~2.2m
Kurukh: ~1.9m
Khandeshi: ~1.8m
Tulu: ~1.8m
Khasi: ~1.4m
Bodo: ~1.4m
Ho: ~1.4m
Garo: ~1.1m
Mundari: ~1.1m
Tripuri: ~1m
Maithili: ~13.5m
Bhili/Bhilodi: ~10.4m
Santali: ~7.3m
Gondi: ~2.9m
Dogri: ~2.5m
Konkani: ~2.2m
Kurukh: ~1.9m
Khandeshi: ~1.8m
Tulu: ~1.8m
Khasi: ~1.4m
Bodo: ~1.4m
Ho: ~1.4m
Garo: ~1.1m
Mundari: ~1.1m
Tripuri: ~1m
April 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Some South Asian languages (I’d never heard of) that have a million+ native speakers:
Maithili: ~13.5m
Bhili/Bhilodi: ~10.4m
Santali: ~7.3m
Gondi: ~2.9m
Dogri: ~2.5m
Konkani: ~2.2m
Kurukh: ~1.9m
Khandeshi: ~1.8m
Tulu: ~1.8m
Khasi: ~1.4m
Bodo: ~1.4m
Ho: ~1.4m
Garo: ~1.1m
Mundari: ~1.1m
Tripuri: ~1m
Maithili: ~13.5m
Bhili/Bhilodi: ~10.4m
Santali: ~7.3m
Gondi: ~2.9m
Dogri: ~2.5m
Konkani: ~2.2m
Kurukh: ~1.9m
Khandeshi: ~1.8m
Tulu: ~1.8m
Khasi: ~1.4m
Bodo: ~1.4m
Ho: ~1.4m
Garo: ~1.1m
Mundari: ~1.1m
Tripuri: ~1m
This is so cool??
Ol Chiki is a script used for Santali -- with around 8 million speakers, the biggest Austroasiatic language in India.
Ol Chiki is a script used for Santali -- with around 8 million speakers, the biggest Austroasiatic language in India.
I designed one of the earliest Unicode typefaces for Ol Chiki! eyeondesign.aiga.org/guru-gomke-i... The project was
@subhapa.bsky.social’s brainchild.
@subhapa.bsky.social’s brainchild.
July 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is so cool??
Ol Chiki is a script used for Santali -- with around 8 million speakers, the biggest Austroasiatic language in India.
Ol Chiki is a script used for Santali -- with around 8 million speakers, the biggest Austroasiatic language in India.
"Setak̕ Johar" dear people of the internet. Today, I say "good morning" in Santali which is mainly spoken by the Santal people in the Indian states of Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa and Tripura 👋 „Setak̕ Johar“, liebe Leute des Internet. Heute sage ich „Guten Morgen“ auf Santali,
Santali: Language and Script
www.etribaltribune.com
June 12, 2026 at 9:54 AM
"Setak̕ Johar" dear people of the internet. Today, I say "good morning" in Santali which is mainly spoken by the Santal people in the Indian states of Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa and Tripura 👋 „Setak̕ Johar“, liebe Leute des Internet. Heute sage ich „Guten Morgen“ auf Santali,
Amrit Sufi interviews Shakuntala Marndi, a Santali-language Wikipedian, about her efforts to promote Santali online, particularly through her blog and Wikimedia projects.
Q&A: Meet Shakuntala Marndi, Santali-language activist and Wikimedian
Amrit Sufi interviews Shakuntala Marndi, a Santali-language Wikipedian, about her efforts to promote Santali online, particularly through her blog and Wikimedia projects.
globalvoices.org
April 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Amrit Sufi interviews Shakuntala Marndi, a Santali-language Wikipedian, about her efforts to promote Santali online, particularly through her blog and Wikimedia projects.
huh, is santali an official language? didn't know that
July 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
huh, is santali an official language? didn't know that
Some people who invented writing systems for languages that didn't have them:
Sequoyah (Cherokee)
Ragunath Murmur (Santali)
Pu Buanga (Mizo)
James Evans (Cree, Ojibwe, Inuktitut)
This is, like, such a cool thing to have done in one's life
Sequoyah (Cherokee)
Ragunath Murmur (Santali)
Pu Buanga (Mizo)
James Evans (Cree, Ojibwe, Inuktitut)
This is, like, such a cool thing to have done in one's life
February 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Some people who invented writing systems for languages that didn't have them:
Sequoyah (Cherokee)
Ragunath Murmur (Santali)
Pu Buanga (Mizo)
James Evans (Cree, Ojibwe, Inuktitut)
This is, like, such a cool thing to have done in one's life
Sequoyah (Cherokee)
Ragunath Murmur (Santali)
Pu Buanga (Mizo)
James Evans (Cree, Ojibwe, Inuktitut)
This is, like, such a cool thing to have done in one's life
Johar, Taiguey, hello! Im Indigenous Taino and Adivasi Santali, working at the intersection of bioremediation, data visualization, and climate infrastructure risk modeling
I’m hoping to build more community and would love your help if you want to tag #Indigenous / #nature based solution advocates
I’m hoping to build more community and would love your help if you want to tag #Indigenous / #nature based solution advocates
December 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Johar, Taiguey, hello! Im Indigenous Taino and Adivasi Santali, working at the intersection of bioremediation, data visualization, and climate infrastructure risk modeling
I’m hoping to build more community and would love your help if you want to tag #Indigenous / #nature based solution advocates
I’m hoping to build more community and would love your help if you want to tag #Indigenous / #nature based solution advocates
Santali love story #santali #trending #viral #shorts
notizie.store
December 31, 2023 at 9:24 AM
Santali love story #santali #trending #viral #shorts
Looking up (for reasons) a gay porn actor from decades ago, and the Wiki article as well as being in English is in Spanish, what I think is Egyptian Arabic... and Santali
Santali?!?! A lesser-known polysynthetic Austroasiatic (which is almost a contradiction in terms!) language of India
Kudos
Santali?!?! A lesser-known polysynthetic Austroasiatic (which is almost a contradiction in terms!) language of India
Kudos
October 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Looking up (for reasons) a gay porn actor from decades ago, and the Wiki article as well as being in English is in Spanish, what I think is Egyptian Arabic... and Santali
Santali?!?! A lesser-known polysynthetic Austroasiatic (which is almost a contradiction in terms!) language of India
Kudos
Santali?!?! A lesser-known polysynthetic Austroasiatic (which is almost a contradiction in terms!) language of India
Kudos
Q&A: Meet Shakuntala Marndi, Santali-language activist and Wikimedian
rising.globalvoices.org/blog/2025/04...
rising.globalvoices.org/blog/2025/04...
Q&A: Meet Shakuntala Marndi, Santali-language activist and Wikimedian
Amrit Sufi interviews Shakuntala Marndi, a Santali-language Wikipedian, about her efforts to promote Santali online, particularly through her blog and Wikimedia projects.
rising.globalvoices.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Q&A: Meet Shakuntala Marndi, Santali-language activist and Wikimedian
rising.globalvoices.org/blog/2025/04...
rising.globalvoices.org/blog/2025/04...
For example, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, and Sindhi, and by extension probably some other languages such as Santali, all have a word for 'lawyer' that comes from the Arabic word وكيل
December 24, 2023 at 9:45 PM
For example, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, and Sindhi, and by extension probably some other languages such as Santali, all have a word for 'lawyer' that comes from the Arabic word وكيل
Santali was added in 2003. It's overshadowed because it's not the majority language of any state, while its distributed between Jharkhand, Odisha, Bengal and Odisha.
(It's kinda like Kurdi in a way I guess)
(It's kinda like Kurdi in a way I guess)
July 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Santali was added in 2003. It's overshadowed because it's not the majority language of any state, while its distributed between Jharkhand, Odisha, Bengal and Odisha.
(It's kinda like Kurdi in a way I guess)
(It's kinda like Kurdi in a way I guess)
"In my village, I have seen many people who struggle to write their names in Odia…yet can write in Ol Chiki effortlessly, with beautiful handwriting…Ol Chiki aligns naturally with Santali pronunciation, making it intuitive…That actually motivated me to spread the script and language digitally."
Q&A: Meet Shakuntala Marndi, Santali-language activist and Wikimedian
Amrit Sufi interviews Shakuntala Marndi, a Santali-language Wikipedian, about her efforts to promote Santali online, particularly through her blog and Wikimedia projects.
globalvoices.org
March 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"In my village, I have seen many people who struggle to write their names in Odia…yet can write in Ol Chiki effortlessly, with beautiful handwriting…Ol Chiki aligns naturally with Santali pronunciation, making it intuitive…That actually motivated me to spread the script and language digitally."
What is the cream and homeopathic medicine for mole removal on the face?
1- Oleum Santali Mother Tincher - apply on three times a day
2- Berberis aquifolium Q - apply three times a day
3- Thuja Q - apply three times a day
4- Thuja 200 - Drink 2 drops in the morning
Contact # 0300-9072889
1- Oleum Santali Mother Tincher - apply on three times a day
2- Berberis aquifolium Q - apply three times a day
3- Thuja Q - apply three times a day
4- Thuja 200 - Drink 2 drops in the morning
Contact # 0300-9072889
December 6, 2024 at 6:33 PM
What is the cream and homeopathic medicine for mole removal on the face?
1- Oleum Santali Mother Tincher - apply on three times a day
2- Berberis aquifolium Q - apply three times a day
3- Thuja Q - apply three times a day
4- Thuja 200 - Drink 2 drops in the morning
Contact # 0300-9072889
1- Oleum Santali Mother Tincher - apply on three times a day
2- Berberis aquifolium Q - apply three times a day
3- Thuja Q - apply three times a day
4- Thuja 200 - Drink 2 drops in the morning
Contact # 0300-9072889
ここでも
Santali Aagaz S1-O Mirage Edition
続報求ム
Santali Aagaz S1-O Mirage Edition
続報求ム
July 31, 2024 at 11:48 AM
ここでも
Santali Aagaz S1-O Mirage Edition
続報求ム
Santali Aagaz S1-O Mirage Edition
続報求ム
The Santhali language! The official script (Ol Chiki) was created by Raghunath Murmu in the 1940s.
Incidentally this is the first language of the current President of India, Draupadi Murmu.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santali...
Incidentally this is the first language of the current President of India, Draupadi Murmu.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santali...
Santali language - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
April 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Santhali language! The official script (Ol Chiki) was created by Raghunath Murmu in the 1940s.
Incidentally this is the first language of the current President of India, Draupadi Murmu.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santali...
Incidentally this is the first language of the current President of India, Draupadi Murmu.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santali...
Syed Mohammed Mostaque Billah, Ateya Ahmed Subarna, Sudipta Nandi Sarna, Ahmad Shawkat Wasit, Anika Fariha, Asif Sus...
Towards Santali Linguistic Inclusion: Building the First Santali-to-English Translation Model using mT5 Transformer and Data Augmentation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.19726
Towards Santali Linguistic Inclusion: Building the First Santali-to-English Translation Model using mT5 Transformer and Data Augmentation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.19726
December 2, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Syed Mohammed Mostaque Billah, Ateya Ahmed Subarna, Sudipta Nandi Sarna, Ahmad Shawkat Wasit, Anika Fariha, Asif Sus...
Towards Santali Linguistic Inclusion: Building the First Santali-to-English Translation Model using mT5 Transformer and Data Augmentation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.19726
Towards Santali Linguistic Inclusion: Building the First Santali-to-English Translation Model using mT5 Transformer and Data Augmentation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.19726
En gran parte de este territorio encontramos además minorías religiosas cristianas y de otros grupos.
Por otro lado, podemos encontrar también lenguas austroasiáticas como el santali (pertenece al grupo munda, en la imagen), emparentadas con lenguas de la península indochina.
Por otro lado, podemos encontrar también lenguas austroasiáticas como el santali (pertenece al grupo munda, en la imagen), emparentadas con lenguas de la península indochina.
November 15, 2024 at 8:49 PM
En gran parte de este territorio encontramos además minorías religiosas cristianas y de otros grupos.
Por otro lado, podemos encontrar también lenguas austroasiáticas como el santali (pertenece al grupo munda, en la imagen), emparentadas con lenguas de la península indochina.
Por otro lado, podemos encontrar también lenguas austroasiáticas como el santali (pertenece al grupo munda, en la imagen), emparentadas con lenguas de la península indochina.
🔴 EMEP'li Karaca: Soma Termik Santali de Polyak Maden İşletmesi de Divriği Madenleri de işçilere aynı zulmü uyguluyor
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EMEP'li Karaca: Soma Termik Santali de Polyak Maden İşletmesi de Divriği Madenleri de işçilere aynı zulmü uyguluyor
EMEP Milletvekili Sevda Karaca, Soma Termik Santrali, Polyak ve Divriği maden işçilerinin haklarının ödenmediğini ve özelleştirmelerle iş güvencesinin ortadan kalktığını ifade etti.
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February 26, 2026 at 7:26 AM
🔴 EMEP'li Karaca: Soma Termik Santali de Polyak Maden İşletmesi de Divriği Madenleri de işçilere aynı zulmü uyguluyor
www.dokuz8haber.net/emepli-karac...
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