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In 1897, a dictionary, titled Anglo-Gurmukhi Dictionary, by Lala Saligram Bajaj, was an early attempt at creating a regular English-Punjabi dictionary. [6] Lala Saligram Bajaj's dictionary featured 649 double-columned pages where Punjabi translations of English words are offered in Gurmukhi script. [6] This dictionary was printed at Lahore. [6]
A Punjabi-language Quran, written with the Gurmukhi script, has been found in the village of Lande, in the Moga district of Punjab State.It is believed to be the oldest Quran in this script, at around 115 years old.
Gurmukhi is derived from Sharada in the Northwestern group, of which it is the only major surviving member, [14] with full modern currency. [15] Notable features include: It is an abugida in which all consonants have an inherent vowel, [ ə ] .
A fresco from a ‘Samadhi’ depicting ‘Santhiya’ being taught Students of the Sikh University, Damdami Taksal, learning Santhiya. Santhiya or Santhya (Gurmukhi: ਸੰਥਿਆ, romanized: Sathi'ā; 'elocution') is the correct pronunciation (ucharan [1]) of Gurbani, [2] [3] taught in the manner of the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh. [4]
Gurshaahi Foundation also started an e-learning initiative that seeks to promote the Gurmukhi script, which includes free Punjabi Learning courses for those who want to learn Punjabi. [8] On the occasion of New Year, Gurshaahi took a new initiative to print literary calendars. [9] Gurshaahi is also planning on opening rural libraries across Punjab.
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 ...
Shahmukhi (Shahmukhi: شاہ مُکھی, pronounced [ʃäː(ɦ)˦.mʊ.kʰiː], lit. ' from the Shah's or king's mouth ', Gurmukhi: ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁੱਖ਼ੀ) is the right-to-left abjad-based script developed from the Perso-Arabic alphabet used for the Punjabi language varieties, predominantly in Punjab, Pakistan.
Anandpur Lipi (Punjabi: ਆਨੰਦਪੁਰ ਲਿਪੀ; also known as Anandpuri Lipi or Shehkasteh) is a calligraphic (Punjabi: Shikasta [1] [2] [note 1]) style of the Gurmukhi script associated with Guru Gobind Singh. [3]