Santali

ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ
sat

Santali (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ) is a Austroasiatic language . It is written using the Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet’, Ol, Santali) script. Its BCP 47 language code is sat.

Writing Systems Used for Santali

Frequently Asked Questions

What alphabet or script does Santali use?
Santali is written using the Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet’, Ol, Santali) script (ISO 15924 code: Olck). Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet’, Ol, Santali) is written left-to-right.
What direction is Santali written?
Santali is written Left-to-right. Text runs from left to right, the same direction as most European languages.
What language family does Santali belong to?
Santali belongs to the Austroasiatic language family. It is written with the Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet’, Ol, Santali) script.
What is the language code for Santali?
The BCP 47 language code for Santali is "sat". This code is used in software, web standards (the HTML lang attribute), and internationalization contexts.

Language Facts

BCP 47 Code
sat
ISO 639-3
sat
Status
living
Language Family
Austroasiatic
Scripts
1

Other Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet’, Ol, Santali) Languages

None found.

Data sourced from Unicode CLDR and ISO 639-3. Last updated April 20, 2026.