Gurmukhi

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Indic script abugida writing system

Gurmukhi is an Indic writing system primarily used for the Punjabi language and for recording Sikh religious scriptures.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Gurmukhi script 21

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indic script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedReligion Sikhism ⓘ
country India ⓘ
derivedFrom Landa scripts ⓘ
Sharada script ⓘ
hasConsonantLetters true ⓘ
hasDependentVowels true ⓘ
hasDiacritics true ⓘ
hasIndependentVowels true ⓘ
hasNukta true ⓘ
hasNumerals true ⓘ
hasVirama true ⓘ
hasVowelSigns true ⓘ
historicalUse writing classical Punjabi literature ⓘ
ISO15924 Guru ⓘ
modernUse official script of Punjabi in Indian Punjab ⓘ
notableFeature absence of separate letters for voiced/voiceless fricatives in traditional inventory ⓘ
distinct letters for aspirated consonants ⓘ
use of addak sign to mark gemination ⓘ
use of tippi and bindi to mark nasalization ⓘ
primaryLanguage Punjabi language ⓘ
region Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Indian Punjab

Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Pakistani Punjab

Punjab ⓘ
scriptCodeISO15924 Guru ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
scriptType alphasyllabary ⓘ
standardizedBy Guru Angad ⓘ
standardizedIn 16th century ⓘ
UnicodeBlock Gurmukhi (U+0A00–U+0A7F) ⓘ
usedForLanguage Braj Bhasha ⓘ
Dogri ⓘ
Haryanvi ⓘ
Sant Bhasha ⓘ
surface form: Hindi

Kangri ⓘ
Punjabi language ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Sant Bhasha ⓘ
Sindhi ⓘ
usedForScripture Dasam Granth ⓘ
Guru Granth Sahib ⓘ
Sarbloh Granth ⓘ
various Sikh scriptures ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemOf Punjabi Sikhs ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shahmukhi script → contrastWith → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Sikh rupee → hasScriptOnCoin → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Brahmic scripts → influenced → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Guru Granth Sahib → language → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Sikhism → languageOfScripture → Gurmukhi ⓘ
Gurdwara → languageUsed → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Landa scripts → precursorOf → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Malwai dialect → primaryScript → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Sharada script → relatedScript → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Gujarati script → relatedTo → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Banga → script → Gurmukhi ⓘ
Dasam Granth → script → Gurmukhi ⓘ
Guru Granth Sahib → script → Gurmukhi ⓘ
Om → script → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Rehat Maryada → script → Gurmukhi ⓘ
Sant Bhasha → script → Gurmukhi ⓘ
Sarbloh Granth → script → Gurmukhi ⓘ
Sikh people → script → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Guru Angad → scriptPromoted → Gurmukhi ⓘ
Punjab → scriptUsed → Gurmukhi ⓘ
Sikh Confederacy → scriptUsed → Gurmukhi ⓘ
Punjabi people → usesScript → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Doabi dialect → writingSystem → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Indians → writingSystem → Gurmukhi ⓘ
Lahnda → writingSystem → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Majhi dialect → writingSystem → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Malwai dialect → writingSystem → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
Sant Bhasha → writingSystem → Gurmukhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script
this entity surface form: Gurmukhi script