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Punjabi
Punjabi is mainly spoken in Pakistan and India, but it is also spoken in the U.K., theU.S.A, Canada, Malaysia, Thailand, Italy andthe Philippines.
Writing Systems
Punjabi is unique in that it employs two different scripts:
Gurmukhi: Primarily used in India, this script is also employed in the writing of the Guru Granth Sahib, the central religious text of Sikhism.
Shahmukhi: Used predominantly in Pakistan, Shahmukhi is an adapted form of the Urdu script and reads from right to left.
Did you know?
There areapproximately 853,000 Punjabi speakers inthe United Kingdom.