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Punjabi language

Punjabi language

Punjabi or Panjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ in Gurmukhi script, پنجابی in Shahmukhi script, पंजाबी in Devanagari script, Pañjābī in transliteration) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region (in Pakistan and north western India). According to the Ethnologue 2005 estimate, there...
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Arabic alphabet

The Arabic alphabet (Arabic: أبجدية عربية‎ ’abğadiyyah ‘arabiyyah) is the script used for writing several languages of Asia and Africa, such as Arabic and Urdu. After the Latin alphabet, it is the second-most widely used alphabet around the world....

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ISO 15924 code:

  • Arab

used from:

  • 400 C.E.

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Devanāgarī

Devanagari (pronounced [ˌdeːvəˈnɑːɡəriː]; देवनागरी, Devanāgarī), also called Nagari (Nāgarī, the name of its parent writing system), is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal. It is written from left to right, lacks distinct letter cases, and is...

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ISO 15924 code:

  • 315
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  • Deva

Gurmukhī script

Gurmukhi (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ, Gurmukhī) is the most common script used for writing the Punjabi language. An abugida derived from the Laṇḍā script and ultimately descended from Brahmi, Gurmukhi was standardized by the second Sikh guru, Guru Angad Dev...

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