Gurmukhi alphabet

The Gurmukhi alphabet is used to write the Punjabi language. Gurmukhi is primarily used in Punjab, India. It is the official script in Punjab.

There are 35 native characters in Gurmukhi, In the 18th-19th century a new character family called Naveen Toli was added. This helps to pronounce and write Persian words with proper tone.

The word Gurmukhi literally means "from the mouth of Guru".

The letters of the Gurmukhi alphabet

Gurmukhi Alphabet Media

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  Historical geographical distribution of Sharada script

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  Example of the Multani variant of Landa script, a mercantile shorthand script of Punjab, from 1880

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  18th century fresco of a woman writing in Gurmukhi from Pothimala, Guru Harsahai, Punjab.

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  Manuscript folio scribed by Guru Arjan Dev showcasing the original 35 letters (paintī) of the Gurmukhi script

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  Station sign in the Latin and Gurmukhī scripts in Southall, UK

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  <span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Ik Onkār, a Sikh symbol (encoded as a single character in Unicode at U+0A74, ੴ)

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  Photograph of folios (likely from a Sikh scripture) written in Larivar (scriptio continua) Gurmukhi script