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Language Comparison: Punjabi Shahmukhi vs Afar
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| Aspect | Punjabi Shahmukhi | Afar |
|---|---|---|
Family | Indo-European, Indo-Aryan | Afro-Asiatic |
Speakers | Approximately 130 million (includes speakers of both Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi scripts) | Approximately 2.7 million |
Features | 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. | Spoken by the Afar people in the Horn of Africa, notable for its Cushitic roots |
Countries | Pakistan (primary script for Punjabi), India (minority use), and Punjabi-speaking diaspora communities | Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti |
Writing System | Shahmukhi script (Perso-Arabic script with additional characters) | Latin script, previously used Arabic script |
Tonal | Yes, tonal distinctions are important for meaning | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and postpositions | No, but has extensive use of suffixes to indicate case functions |
Derived From | Perso-Arabic script, adapted for Punjabi phonology | Part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family |
Loanwords | From Arabic, Persian, and English | From Arabic, Italian, and other local languages |
Dialects | Includes Majhi, Doabi, Malwai, Pothohari, and others. Standard Shahmukhi is based on the Majhi dialect spoken around Lahore. | There are variations but not distinctly categorized into widely recognized dialects |
Alphabets | 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 | 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 |
Family
Punjabi Shahmukhi
Indo-European, Indo-Aryan
Afar
Afro-Asiatic
Speakers
Punjabi Shahmukhi
Approximately 130 million (includes speakers of both Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi scripts)
Afar
Approximately 2.7 million
Features
Punjabi Shahmukhi
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.
Afar
Spoken by the Afar people in the Horn of Africa, notable for its Cushitic roots
Countries
Punjabi Shahmukhi
Pakistan (primary script for Punjabi), India (minority use), and Punjabi-speaking diaspora communities
Afar
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti
Writing System
Punjabi Shahmukhi
Shahmukhi script (Perso-Arabic script with additional characters)
Afar
Latin script, previously used Arabic script
Tonal
Punjabi Shahmukhi
Yes, tonal distinctions are important for meaning
Afar
No
Grammatical Cases
Punjabi Shahmukhi
No, relies on word order and postpositions
Afar
No, but has extensive use of suffixes to indicate case functions
Derived From
Punjabi Shahmukhi
Perso-Arabic script, adapted for Punjabi phonology
Afar
Part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family
Loanwords
Punjabi Shahmukhi
From Arabic, Persian, and English
Afar
From Arabic, Italian, and other local languages
Dialects
Punjabi Shahmukhi
Includes Majhi, Doabi, Malwai, Pothohari, and others. Standard Shahmukhi is based on the Majhi dialect spoken around Lahore.
Afar
There are variations but not distinctly categorized into widely recognized dialects
Alphabets
Punjabi Shahmukhi
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
Afar
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
Language Facts:
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