Learn to Read Gurumukhi ਗੁਰੁਮੁਖੀ ਸਿਖੋ
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Teaching Truth in Punjabi |
Teaching
Truth in Punjabi |
Learn to read Punjabi written using the Gurumukhi
alphabet.
Click on a character to hear its sound.
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CLASSIFICATION OF GURUMUKHI
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V O
W E L S |
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Family |
Hard |
Soft |
Soft |
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Held Huffed |
Held Huffed |
Nasals |
Semi- vowels |
Spirants |
Short |
Long |
Diphthongs |
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Guttural |
ka kha |
ga gha |
n¹a |
ha |
hha |
a |
aa |
e,
ei ee, ai |
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(ka)+hha |
ka |
kaa |
ke,
kei kee, kai |
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Palatal |
ca cha |
ja jha |
n²a |
ya |
sha |
i |
ii |
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ki |
kii |
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Cerebral |
ta tha |
da dha |
na |
ra |
sa |
rri |
rrii |
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ra rha |
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krri |
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Dental |
ta tha |
da dha |
na |
la |
sa |
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Labial |
pa pha |
ba bha |
ma |
va, wa |
(ka)+hha |
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uu |
o oo,
au |
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Others |
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ku |
kuu |
ko
koo, kau |
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k` (k + no vowel) |
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Foreign sounds are represented by adding a dot to the
closest Gurumukhi characters.
fa = ਫ਼
qa = ਕ਼
za = ਜ਼
Learn to write Gurumukhi. ਗੁਰੁਮੁਖੀ ਲਿਖੇ।
Go to http://www.jaspell.uk/readguru.htm
and follow the links to our printable pages (.pdf) related to the chart given
above. You can make hard copies and practise your writing on them.
© 2001-2017 Jaspell (B J Burford and E J
Burford) Date of last edit: 20 May 2017