Teaching and learning Punjabi Language in Arabic/Urdu script poses a damaging blow to the Punjabi language itself as well as the learner’s proficiency in Urdu Language, simultaneously. The reasons are obvious and logical. Using a script which is not meant for the particular language/Punjabi and which...

Urdu domination in Punjab started by the pioneers like Jinnah and other scholars who migrated from the UP and CP areas of India. It was adopted as the national language of Pakistan. In the subsequent years, the scholars and the Punjabi elite and professors from Lahore and other parts of Pakistan noted...

In Gurmukhi alphabet, there are 35 main letters. 5 extra words are developed later by putting the dots underneath the letters to accommodate Sanskrit and Persian/Arabic sounds. Besides these letters in the Gurmukhi alphabets, we also have letters for soft sounds such as "half-haha" and "half-rara" developed...