Shahmukhi script

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Perso-Arabic script alphabet writing system

Shahmukhi script is a Perso-Arabic–based writing system primarily used for writing the Punjabi language in Pakistan.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Punjabi language (Shahmukhi) 2
Jawi script 1
Saraiki alphabet 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedReligion Islam (sociolinguistic association) ⓘ
associatedWith Punjabi language in Pakistan ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Persian script

Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Urdu script
comparedWith Gurmukhi script used in India for Punjabi ⓘ
contrastWith Gurmukhi ⓘ
surface form: Gurmukhi script
country Pakistan ⓘ
derivedFrom Arabic script ⓘ
Persian script ⓘ
digitalUsage used in social media for Punjabi in Pakistan ⓘ
used on websites for Punjabi in Pakistan ⓘ
direction right-to-left ⓘ
hasContextualLetterForms initial medial final isolated ⓘ
hasEncoding represented using Arabic and Urdu Unicode blocks ⓘ
hasFeature Nastaliq-style calligraphy ⓘ
consonant-based writing ⓘ
optional vowel diacritics ⓘ
hasLetterSetSimilarity Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Persian alphabet

Urdu alphabet ⓘ
hasTransliteration romanization systems for Punjabi ⓘ
historicalInfluenceFrom Persian administrative tradition in South Asia ⓘ
Urdu literary tradition ⓘ
language Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi
orthographicType abjad ⓘ
primaryUsageRegion Pakistan ⓘ
region Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Punjab region (Pakistan)
scriptCodeStandard none widely standardized in ISO 15924 (as of 2024) ⓘ
scriptFamily Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script

Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
scriptType cursive script ⓘ
typicalCalligraphicStyle Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
surface form: Nastaliq
usedBy Punjabi Muslims ⓘ
usedFor Punjabi folk poetry in Pakistan ⓘ
Punjabi literature ⓘ
Punjabi magazines ⓘ
Punjabi newspapers ⓘ
Punjabi popular music lyrics in Pakistan ⓘ
Punjabi religious texts ⓘ
usedIn Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Punjab province, Pakistan
usedInEducation Punjabi language teaching in Pakistan (limited) ⓘ
usesAdditionalLettersFrom Persian script ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Urdu script
writingSystemFor Hindko language (to some extent) ⓘ
Punjabi language ⓘ
Saraiki language (to some extent) ⓘ
writingSystemStatus de facto standard for Punjabi in Pakistan ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Perso-Arabic script → hasVariant → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
Punjabi literature → hasWritingSystems → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
Malay peoples → traditionalScript → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jawi script
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punjabi language (Shahmukhi)
Nastaʿlīq → usedForLanguage → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punjabi language (Shahmukhi)
Punjabi cinema → usesScript → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahmukhi
Punjabi people → usesScript → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
Lahnda → writingSystem → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
Majhi dialect → writingSystem → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
Multani → writingSystem → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
Potohari → writingSystem → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
Saraiki → writingSystem → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
Seraiki → writingSystem → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahmukhi script (for Punjabi and Lahnda varieties)
Riasti → writingSystemVariant → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saraiki alphabet
Saraiki people → writingSystemVariant → Shahmukhi script ⓘ