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Language Comparison: Luo vs Punjabi Shahmukhi
Explore the linguistic characteristics and features of both languages
Aspect | Luo | Punjabi Shahmukhi |
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Family | Nilo-Saharan | Indo-European, Indo-Aryan |
Speakers | Approximately 5 million | Approximately 130 million (includes speakers of both Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi scripts) |
Features | A Western Nilotic language spoken predominantly by the Luo people in Kenya and Tanzania | 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 | Kenya, Tanzania | 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 | No | Yes, tonal distinctions are important for meaning |
Grammatical Cases | No, but uses verb inflections and prepositions to indicate grammatical relationships | No, relies on word order and postpositions |
Derived From | Part of the larger Nilotic group, related to languages like Dinka and Nuer | Perso-Arabic script, adapted for Punjabi phonology |
Loanwords | From English and Swahili, especially in technical and administrative terminology | From Arabic, Persian, and English |
Dialects | Includes several regional variants such as those spoken in Nyanza Province in Kenya and northern Tanzania | 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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