We bring together Santali language expertise, high-quality data,
and AI-focused workflows to help organizations build better
language technology for Santali.
Santali Language World brings together experienced Santali language
professionals, reviewers, annotators and AI-data specialists to
support organizations working with the Santali language.
Our team members are Santali native speakers with substantial
hands-on experience in translation, transcription, linguistic
review, speech and voice data, annotation, validation and
AI-focused language projects. This native-language expertise helps
us understand natural Santali usage, linguistic context and
cultural authenticity while maintaining professional quality
standards.
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Native Santali speakersOur language experts are native Santali speakers with a natural understanding of the language and its linguistic context.
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Experienced professionalsOur team brings proven experience across language, data, speech, AI evaluation, transcription and quality workflows.
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Quality and cultural authenticityNative-language knowledge and review-driven processes help maintain linguistic accuracy, consistency and cultural relevance.
Our Vision
Building a digital future for the Santali language through language expertise, technology and AI.
We want to help create reliable digital resources and practical
language solutions for the Santali-speaking community and the
global technology ecosystem.
Our Core Areas
Language • Data • AI • Technology
Four connected capabilities supporting the digital growth of Santali.
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Language
Santali translation, transcription, linguistic review, localization and language expertise.
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Data
Collection, annotation, transcription, validation and quality-focused language datasets.
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AI
Language-data workflows supporting speech, NLP, machine learning and AI development.
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Technology
Technology-enabled workflows connecting linguistic expertise with digital products.
Services
Practical language and AI services.
Flexible support for organizations that need reliable Santali language expertise and data.
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Santali Translation
Professional Santali translation and localization for digital content and language technology.
General translation
Localization
AI translation review
02TX
Transcription & Review
Audio and text workflows with attention to spoken content, consistency and quality.
Audio transcription
Transcription review
Quality checking
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AI Data Annotation
Structured language-data preparation for machine learning and AI projects.
Text annotation
Speech data
Data validation
04QA
Language Quality Evaluation
Human evaluation and linguistic review to improve the quality of language technology.
Response evaluation
Linguistic assessment
Error analysis
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Speech & Voice Data
Santali speech-data support for conversational AI, speech recognition and related systems.
Voice collection
Speech transcription
Audio validation
06CX
Custom Language Projects
Project-based collaboration for organizations with specific Santali language requirements.
Custom workflows
Project coordination
Scalable delivery
Why Santali Language World
Built around language quality.
Every member of our team is a Santali native speaker with practical project experience. We combine native-language expertise with proven work across language data, AI, speech and quality assurance.
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Santali Focus
Our work is centered on the Santali language and its real-world linguistic context.
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Quality First
Review and validation are treated as core parts of every language-data workflow.
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Flexible Team
A coordinated network allows us to support projects with different scopes and requirements.
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AI Understanding
We understand the connection between linguistic work and AI dataset development.
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Scalable Delivery
Workflows can be organized for smaller assignments as well as larger requirements.
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Professional Coordination
Clear communication, structured task management and quality-focused coordination.
Our Team
People behind the language.
A coordinated team of Santali language professionals and AI-data contributors.
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URMILA MURMU
Language Expert • Researcher
Master's in Santali. PhD Scholar working on educational resource development in Santali, with experience in translation, language-resource development and academic activities.
Expertise: Santali • Translation • Educational Resources • Language Technology
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BAREN KISKU
Santali Translator • Language Expert
BA(Hons), MA in Santali, B.Ed. Three years as Project Associate at AI4Bharat (IIT Madras) under BHASHINI, with experience as a Santali Translator for the Rashtrapati Bhavan website. Also a Guest Lecturer and Translator.
Expertise: Translation • BHASHINI • Language Teaching • Localization
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Ganesh Saren
Speech Data • Audio QA Specialist
M.A. (Santali), B.Ed. (Santali), NET and SET qualified. Experienced in voice-data collection, audio QA, transcription and transcription verification through AI4Bharat/IIT Madras. Currently contributes to voice-data QA at IISc Bengaluru.
Expertise: Voice Data • Audio QA • Transcription • Language Research
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Sadhuram Hembram
Speech & ASR Language Specialist
M.A. in Santali and B.Ed. Former Junior Project Fellow at CIET-NCERT, New Delhi, and field worker on the NIT Durgapur project focused on automatic speech recognition in Santali and Nagpuri, including resource creation and field data collection.
Expertise: Santali • ASR • Speech Resources • Field Data
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Kamal Murmu
Project Manager • Santali Content
M.A. in History with a certificate course in Santali. Four years of experience as Project Manager on an AI4Bharat project. Currently works in Adibasi material development and has experience translating Santali stories using Bengali and Ol Chiki.
Expertise: Project Management • Santali Content • Translation • Material Development
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Ramesh Baskey
Santali Annotator • Language Specialist
M.A. in Santali and B.Ed. Combines strong Santali language and pedagogical foundations with hands-on computational language work, including Santali annotation for Mahabharat Projects at IIT Madras.
Expertise: Annotation • Santali • Language Data • Pedagogy
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Biplab Tudu
Researcher • Translator • Reviewer
M.A. in Santali, NET and WB SET. PhD Research Scholar at Visva-Bharati and Guest Faculty at Murshidabad Maharaja Krishnanath University. Experienced across AI4Bharat, IISc SPIRE Lab and Green AI in transcription, translation and review, with extensive writing and research experience.
Expertise: Translation • Transcription • Research • Linguistic Review
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Suku Murmu
AI4Bharat • Language & Data Contributor
Diploma in Electrical Engineering and Santali language training in Ol Chiki. Project Associate at AI4Bharat (IIT Madras), active in the Wikipedia Santali User Group, and contributor to Google Santali translation, Santali validation and Vaani audio validation through KARYA.
Expertise: Language Data • Validation • Audio • Ol Chiki
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Prasanta Kumar Hansda
Language Researcher • AI Data Specialist
MA in Santali, UGC NET with JRF and WBCSC SET. Completed his Master's at Visva-Bharati University in 2018, brings four years of AI4Bharat/IIT Madras experience, and has also joined the SPIRE Lab at IISc.
Expertise: Santali • AI Data • Research • Language Technology
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Satya Hembram
Linguist • AI Language Reviewer
Master's in Santali Linguistics and Literature from Visva-Bharati, UGC-NET and WB-SET qualified. Nearly four years as an AI4Bharat Project Associate in Santali translation, transcription and review, plus experience as prompter and reviewer on an LLM project.
M.A. in History with Certificate and Diploma in Santali. Project Associate at AI4Bharat, IIT Madras since 2022, with hands-on experience in transcription, translation, data editing, quality checking, reviewing and accuracy-focused language workflows.
Expertise: Transcription • Translation • Data Editing • QA
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Sagen Murmu
Santali Translator • Language Technology
Master's in Santali and B.Ed. More than four years at AI4Bharat contributing to translation, language technology and multilingual language-resource development, with additional experience in Anuvadini and language-focused initiatives.
Expertise: Translation • Language Technology • Resources • Multilingual Data
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Raju Mardi
Santali Researcher • Writer
M.A. in Santali from Visva-Bharati University and currently pursuing a PhD in the Santali Department at KISS, Bhubaneswar. Reads and writes Santali, Hindi, Bengali and English, with interests in stories, poetry and creative writing.
Expertise: Santali • Research • Writing • Multilingual
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Guna Hembrom
Santali Translator • PhD Researcher
M.A. in Santali from Kolhan University, Chaibasa, and JRF qualified in Santali in 2020. Experienced as a Santali translator, including work on the AI4Bharat initiative at IIT, and currently pursuing a PhD at KISS Deemed to be University.
Expertise: Translation • Santali • Research • AI Language Work
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Kanuram Hembram
Internal Coordinator • Santali AI Language Specialist
Translator and detail-oriented freelance linguist working across English–Santali, Hindi–Santali and English–Bengali. Internal Coordinator for Sample Language at KARYA, with extensive IISc SPIRE Lab and INDracorpus experience in transcription, audio collection and app checking.
Expertise: Coordination • Translation • Transcription • AI Data
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Milan Saren
AI Language Specialist • AI Data Trainer
AI Language Specialist (Santali), Translator, Transcription Specialist and AI Data Trainer. Experienced in Santali translation, transcription, linguistic QA, AI data annotation, speech data collection, audio validation and community coordination across KARYA, IISc, Tech Mahindra and iMerit workflows.
Expertise: AI Training Data • Linguistic QA • Speech • Evaluation
Our Community
People behind the work.
A glimpse of our team, collaborators, and Santali language community working together across language, data, AI, and technology initiatives.
Our Work
Experience across language-data workflows.
Our team members have contributed to major Santali language, speech and AI-data initiatives. The examples below highlight collective experience without exposing confidential project information.
AI4Bharat • IIT Madras
Santali Language & AI Data
Several members of our team have contributed to AI4Bharat projects involving Santali translation, transcription, voice-data collection, audio QA, annotation, review and other language-resource workflows.
IISc Bengaluru • SPIRE Lab
Santali Speech & INDracorpus
Our team members have worked on Santali activities under the SPIRE Lab at IISc Bengaluru, including transcription, audio collection, dataset creation, freelancer checking and quality-related workflows.
KARYA • Large-Scale Data
Santali Audio Data Collection & Transcription
Team members hold key responsibilities in large-scale Santali data work through KARYA, including overall coordination, participant support, audio-data collection, transcription, validation, checking and data-quality evaluation across an ongoing multi-thousand-hour requirement.
Speech & Language Technology
Speech Resources & ASR
Team experience includes Santali speech-resource creation, field data collection, transcription and work connected with automatic speech recognition and language technology.
AI Evaluation
Language Evaluation & Review
Members of the team have experience in AI language evaluation, LLM prompting and review, linguistic QA, translation review, audio validation and conversational testing.
Language & Digital Resources
Santali Content & Resources
Our collective experience also includes Santali educational resources, digital content, Wikipedia contributions, translation initiatives and language-resource development.
Have a Santali Project?
Let's build better language technology together.
Tell us what you need. We can discuss the scope, workflow, timeline and team requirements.
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