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Language Comparison: Alur vs Punjabi Shahmukhi
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Aspect | Alur | Punjabi Shahmukhi |
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Family | Nilo-Saharan | Indo-European, Indo-Aryan |
Speakers | Approximately 2 million | Approximately 130 million (includes speakers of both Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi scripts) |
Features | Spoken by the Alur people in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Written in a modified Perso-Arabic script; primarily used by Punjabi speakers in Pakistan and some parts of India. Unlike Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi is written from right to left. |
Countries | Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Pakistan (primary script for Punjabi), India (minority use), and Punjabi-speaking diaspora communities |
Writing System | Latin script | Shahmukhi script (Perso-Arabic script with additional characters) |
Tonal | Yes, tonal language where pitch can affect meaning | Yes, tonal distinctions are important for meaning |
Grammatical Cases | No, but uses noun classes and verb conjugations to express grammatical relationships | No, relies on word order and postpositions |
Derived From | Part of the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family | Perso-Arabic script, adapted for Punjabi phonology |
Loanwords | From Swahili, English, and other local languages | From Arabic, Persian, and English |
Dialects | Minor regional variations but largely mutually intelligible across Alur-speaking areas | Includes Majhi, Doabi, Malwai, Pothohari, and others. Standard Shahmukhi is based on the Majhi dialect spoken around Lahore. |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z | ا, ب, پ, ت, ٹ, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ڈ, ذ, ر, ڑ, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, م, ن, ں, و, ہ, ء, ی, ے |
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