Ol Onal

Ol Onal script
Ol Onal script;
	Bhumij written in Ol Onal script
Script type	Alphabet
Creator	Bengali Script
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Onao (296), Ol Onal
	^ The Bhumij language often considered as a dialect of Mundari language. ;
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The Ol Onal is an

Orissa, and Assam.^[2]^[3]

History

The Ol Onal script was created in between 1981 and 1992 by Mahendra Nath Sardar for the Bhumij language.

The

Bengali, and Odia

scripts to document the Bhumij language. However, Bhumijs did not have their own script. Sardar's invention of the Ol Onal script enriched the cultural identity of the tribal Bhumij community. He wrote many text books in the Ol Onal script.

Bhumij is the language of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, related to Ho, Mundari and Santali, spoken mainly in the Indian states Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. It is spoken by around 100,000 people in India.^[4]

References

^ "Ol Onal". Omniglot.
^ "Non-Scheduled Indian Languages Resources".^{[failed verification]}
^ "Tribals demand official status for Bhumij language". Times of India. 17 March 2016.
^ "Bhumij language and alphabet". omniglot.com. Retrieved 2022-04-19.

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[1] The Bhumij language often considered as a dialect of Mundari language.

[2] "Ol Onal". Omniglot.

[3] "Non-Scheduled Indian Languages Resources".^{[failed verification]}

[4] "Tribals demand official status for Bhumij language". Times of India. 17 March 2016.

[5] "Bhumij language and alphabet". omniglot.com. Retrieved 2022-04-19.

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History

Language

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