“developed script of critically endangered

Toto (Dengka) language”

Triumph of Dengka



• Toto (Dengka) language preserver from

Totopara village of Jalpaiguri district

• Despite lacking any formal training as a

Linguist, he is the architect of the Toto

language script, preserving the indigenous

language

• The language now has 37 alphabets

• First author to write a novel in Toto language

• Toto (Dengka), is a dying language - listed

as highly endangered by UNESCO

Padma Shri | Literature & Education (Dengka language) | West Bengal | 57 Yrs