Gurmukhi alphabet

The Gurmukhi alphabet is used to write the Punjabi language in Punjab region. Gurmukhi is primarily used in Punjab, India. It is an abugida; it is thus similar to the Devanagari script. It is the official script of Indian state of Punjab. Gurmukhi was standardized by the 2nd Sikh Guru, Guru Angad Dev in the 16th century, it was modified from the Lahnda scripts, which were used to write the Punjabi, Sindhi in modern-day Pakistan. it is developed in the 6th century.

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".

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The letters of the Gurmukhi alphabet

The other script to write Punjabi is Shahmukhi, which is primarily used in Pakistani Punjab.

Gurmukhi Alphabet Media

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  Historical geographical distribution of Sharada script

• A sample of a mediaeval, handwritten Gurmukhi document.png

  A sample of a mediaeval, handwritten Gurmukhi document

• Photograph of a pathasala class held at the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, Punjab, 1908.jpg

  Photograph of a pathasala class held at the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, Punjab, 1908. Pinned on the tree, there is a poster of the thirty-five glyphs of the Gurmukhi script, known in Punjabi as the painti akhri.

• Fresco artwork from Pothi-Mala, Guru Harsahai, Punjab 113.jpg

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

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

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

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  Ik Onkār, a Sikh symbol (encoded as a single character in Unicode at U+0A74, ੴ)

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

  Photograph of folios written in laṛīvāră (scriptio continua) Gurmukhī script