Shahmukhi is a very new script that is used to write Punjabi in Pakistan which looks like Urdu. Some people may not know that most Gurmukhi letters, as the know them now, were actually present before the Sikh Gurus, but that script was not called Gurmukhi and it lacked a structure and order.

Is Shahmukhi used in India?

While Gurmukhi is used by Indians, Pakistan has adopted the Perso-Arabic script, Shahmukhi.

Is Punjabi written in Arabic script?

In Pakistan, Punjabi is written using the Shahmukhi alphabet, based on the Perso-Arabic script; in India, it is written using the Gurmukhi alphabet, based on the Indic scripts.

How many letters are in Shahmukhi alphabet?

Western Punjabi is based on the Shahmukhi script. Shahmukhi uses the alphabets of the Perso-Arabic Urdu script with some extra characters added. Here are the 36 letters of Shahmukhi. Each has a name that is given below the alphabet with the equivalent English sound of the alphabet in (parenthesis).

Is Punjabi spoken in Pakistan?

In Pakistan Punjabi is spoken by some 70 million speakers, mostly in Punjab province, but official status at both the national and the provincial level is reserved for Urdu.

What alphabet does Pakistan use?

It is a modification of the Persian alphabet, which is itself a derivative of the Arabic alphabet….Urdu alphabet.

Urdu Alphabet اُردُو‌ حُرُوفِ ‌تَہَجِّی urdū hurūf-e-tahajjī
Example of writing in the Urdu alphabet: Urdu
Script type	Abjad
Languages	Urdu, Balti,, Punjabi, Shina, infrequent use in Burushaski, others
Related scripts

What is Punjabi language called?

Basically the Punjabi is the language of Punjab. Punjab is one of the 14 regional languages recognized in the Indian constitution. Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in Punjab, an area now divided between India and Pakistan, to the west, modern Punjabi merges into the Lahnda language.

What is the Punjabi alphabet called?

Commonly regarded as a Sikh script, Gurmukhi is used in Punjab, India as the official script of the Punjabi language.

Who speaks Punjabi in the world?

The Punjabi language (native name: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) has its roots in the Indo-European language family. With a share of around 48%, it is most widespread in Pakistan. A total of about 145.6 m people worldwide speak Punjabi as their mother tongue.

How many Punjabis live in Pakistan?

With an estimated national population of 243 million in 2022, ethnic Punjabis thus number approximately 108.5 million in Pakistan; this makes Punjabis the largest ethnic group in Pakistan by population.

How many Punjabi speakers are there in the world?

Punjabi is the 10th most widely spoken language in the world. Around the world, 122 million people speak Punjabi as a native language. That makes it the 10th most commonly spoken native language in the world. More people speak Punjabi as their mother tongue than German, Korean or French.

Is Shahmukhi and Urdu same?

It can be considered as a superset to Urdu alphabet because it has same alphabet as Urdu but with just 2 extra consonants; hence all Urdu readers can naturally read Shahmukhi (and vice-versa) without any practical difficulty….Shahmukhi.

Shahmukhi شاہ مُکھی
Direction	right-to-left script
Languages	Punjabi
Related scripts

Is learning Punjabi hard?

Many native Punjabi speakers cannot understand your language, so you should learn the language of native people. Language learning is difficult only in the beginning process. However, when you start speaking Punjabi, you will find Punjabi a piece of cake. With sufficient practice, you can learn Punjabi easily.

Is Punjabi older than Sanskrit?

It firmly established the existence of a culture older than Aryan culture and a language older than Sanskrit.

Is Punjabi written left to right?

The script evolved from the ancient Brahmi script and is written from left to right. It was created and popularized by Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji, the second Sikh Guru. The sacred scripture of the Sikhs, the Guru Granth Sahib, is written in Gurmukhi.

Which countries use Arabic script?

Today Afghanistan, Iran, India, Pakistan and China are the main non-Arabic speaking states using the Arabic alphabet to write one or more official national languages, including Baluchi, Brahui, Persian, Pashto, Central Kurdish, Urdu, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Punjabi and Uyghur.

How do you write ya in Punjabi?

Today I will teach you the Punjabi alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Punjabi letters quickly and easily….Punjabi Alphabet.

ਓ	[o] like root
ਕ	[k] like kit
ਖ	[kh] like khan
ਗ	[g] like gold
ਘ	[gh] like ghost

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