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The Gurmukhi Alphabet — All 35 Letters

Gurmukhi (ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ, literally "from the mouth of the Guru") is the script used to write Punjabi in India. The traditional alphabet — called Painti Akhari, "the thirty-five letters" — is shown below, plus 6 modern additions for Persian and English sounds.

The 35 traditional letters (Painti Akhari)

Read row by row, left to right.

6 modern additions

For sounds borrowed from Persian, Arabic, and English.

Where to go next

Reading the chart is step one. To actually remember the letters, you need to see them in real words, hear them out loud, and use them every day. That's what Gurmukhi Go is for — short daily lessons that turn this chart into something you can actually read.

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