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In 2016, a software called Akhar, developed by the team of Gurpreet Singh Lehal from the Centre for Punjabi Language Technology of Punjabi University, was released. [13] [14] The 2021 version of Akhar, known as Akhar-2021, features a Punjabi-English dictionary function and a Gurmukhi-to-Shahmukhi transliterator.
Also playing a major role in consolidating and standardizing the Punjabi language, it served as the main medium of literacy in Punjab and adjoining areas for centuries when the earliest schools were attached to gurdwaras. [22] The first natively produced grammars of the Punjabi language were written in the 1860s in Gurmukhi. [33]
Shahmukhi (Shahmukhi: شاہ مُکھی, pronounced [ʃäː(ɦ)˦.mʊ.kʰiː], lit. ' from the Shah's or king's mouth ', Gurmukhi: ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ) is the right-to-left abjad-based script developed from the Perso-Arabic alphabet used for the Punjabi language varieties, predominantly in Punjab, Pakistan.
As a researcher Lehal's main contribution has been development of technologies related to the computerization of the Punjabi language. [1] Prominent among these are first Gurmukhi OCR, first bilingual Gurmukhi/Roman OCR, first Punjabi font identification and conversion system, first multi-font Punjabi spell checker, first high accuracy Gurmukhi-Shahmukhi and Shahmukhi-Gurmukhi transliteration ...
Gurmukhi. Gurmukhi is a Unicode block containing characters for the Punjabi language, in the Gurmukhi script.In its original incarnation, the code points U+0A02..U+0A4C were a direct copy of the Gurmukhi characters A2-EC from the 1988 ISCII standard.
Akbar Makhmoor Mughal (1956 – 2017), was a notable Punjabi-language poet and lexicographer and was known for compilation of 115,000 words of Multani words under title Multani Akhar Pothi. [1] He lived in Saudi Arabia for 10 years where he worked as a labourer.
The Vār or Vaar (Gurmukhi: ਵਾਰ, Shahmukhi: وار), in Punjabi poetry, is a heroic ode or ballad which generally narrates legend such as stories of Punjabi folk heroes or a historical event.
After receiving a Master's Degree in English and Punjabi Literature from Punjab University, Chandigarh, [3] she worked as the Punjabi Regional News Anchor for All India Radio. [4] Kalsey earned a Master's in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia [ 3 ] and worked as a freelance writer, interpreter, and translator for several ...