Modern Gurmukhī has thirty-five original letters, hence its common alternative term paintī or 'the thirty-five', plus six additional consonants, nine vowel diacritics, two diacritics for nasal sounds, one diacritic that geminates consonants and three subscript characters. The primary scripture of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib, is written in Gurmukhī, in various dialects and languages often subsumed under the generic title Sant Bhasha or saint language, in addition to other languages like Persian and various phases of Indo-Aryan languages. While the Arabic-based Shahmukhi script is used in Punjab, Pakistan. Used by Punjabi Sikhs to write the Punjabi language, Īnd is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic, It is commonly regarded as a Sikh script, It is an abugida developed from the Laṇḍā scripts, standardized and used by the second Sikh guru Guru Angad (1504–1552). Gurmukhī ( Punjabi: ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ, Punjabi pronunciation:, Shahmukhi: گُرمُکھِی) or Gurumukhī is an Indic script predominantly used in present-day Punjab, India. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks or boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text.
