Whenever you learn a language, you start by learning the alphabet of that language, because words are needed to make sentences, and alphabets are needed to form words.
Therefore it becomes most necessary to have knowledge of the smallest unit of language.
Punjabi (Gurmukhi) Alphabet Chart With Pronunciation PDF Download
Gurmukhi script is helpful for writing Punjabi language, which originally had 35 characters, hence this script is also called Painti. All these 35 letters are written in 7 lines, in which there are five letters in each line.
Due to the influence of Persian and Arabic language in this area, 5 letters were added using dot underneath the existing letters. Thus these five letters constituted the eighth line and the number of alphabets increased to 40.
Apart from this, a new letter has recently been added to this group, thus there are a total of 41 letters in this script.
Now we tell you, how many vowels & Consonants are there in this script?
Gurmukhi has a total 10 Vowels Accents, 3 Conjunct Consonants, 2 nasal accents, 1 symbol for doubled letters.
| Punjabi Alphabet | English | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| ਓ | Oo’rhaa | ਓੂੜਾ |
| ਅ | Ai’rhaa | ਐੜਾ |
| ੲ | Ee’rhee | ਈੜੀ |
| ਸ | sas’saa | ਸੱਸਾ |
| ਹ | haa’haa | ਹਾਹਾ |
| ਕ | Kak’kaa | ਕੱਕਾ |
| ਖ | khakh’khaa | ਖੱਖਾ |
| ਗ | gag’gaa | ਗੱਗਾ |
| ਘ | ghag’ghaa | ਘੱਘਾ |
| ਙ | Ngan’ngaa | ਙੰਙਾ |
| ਚ | chach’chaa | ਚੱਚਾ |
| ਛ | chhachh’chhaa | ਛੱਛਾ |
| ਜ | jaj’jaa | ਜੱਜਾ |
| ਝ | jhaj’jhaa | ਝੱਝਾ |
| ਞ | Njan’njaa | ਞੰਞਾ |
| ਟ | tain’kaa | ਟੈਂਕਾ |
| ਠ | thath’thaa | ਠੱਠਾ |
| ਡ | ddad’daa | ਡੱਡਾ |
| ਢ | dhad’daa | ਢੱਢਾ |
| ਣ | nhaa’nhaa | ਣਾਣਾ |
| ਤ | tat’taa | ਤੱਤਾ |
| ਥ | thath’thaa | ਥੱਥਾ |
| ਦ | dad’daa | ਦੱਦਾ |
| ਧ | dhad’daa | ਧੱਧਾ |
| ਨ | nan’naa | ਨੱਨਾ |
| ਪ | pap’paa | ਪੱਪਾ |
| ਫ | phaph’phaa | ਫੱਫਾ |
| ਬ | bab’baa | ਬੱਬਾ |
| ਭ | bhab’baa | ਭੱਭਾ |
| ਮ | mam’maa | ਮੱਮਾ |
| ਯ | yay’yaa | ਯੱਯਾ |
| ਰ | ra’raa | ਰਾਰਾ |
| ਲ | lal’laa | ਲੱਲਾ |
| ਵ | vav’vaa | ਵੱਵਾ |
| ੜ | rhar’rhaa | ੜਾੜਾ |
| ਸ਼ | shash’shaa | ਸ਼ੱਸ਼ਾ |
| ਖ਼ | kha’khaa | ਖ਼ੱਖ਼ਾ |
| ਗ਼ | gag’gaa | ਗ਼ੱਗ਼ਾ |
| ਜ਼ | Zaz’zaa | ਜ਼ੱਜ਼ਾ |
| ਫ਼ | faf’faa | ਫ਼ੱਫ਼ਾ |
| ਲ਼ | lal’laa | ਲ਼ੱਲ਼ਾ |