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Introduction:
The Santali language has been is in use over thousands
of years mainly in oral communication, but still it retains its original form. Even now it is more and less uniform across
all regions. Now in order to broaden its utility, it has become necessary to document the various aspects of Santali language
in a form which is simple and easily comprehensible to all Santals. The full power of Santali language can
be utilized only when the meanings of all its words corresponding to different parts of speech are fully
compiled. It is also essential to characterize the forms, structures, syntax, and semantics of sentences in Santali language.
A humble effort has been by the authors to initiate the compilation of the same, which is ultimately aimed at bringing
out full-fledged Santali-English and English-Santali dictionaries and grammar for Santali in both English and Santali in Ol
Chiki. To improve the quality, and informative materials in the dictionaries and technical report, critical comments and suggestions
are highly welcome. The technical report is also intended to help the writing of various kinds of documents in Santali such
as articles in magazines, technical and literary books etc which are syntactically precise, and semantically easier to comprehend.
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