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How to Translate from Fon to Punjabi Shahmukhi
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Language Comparison: Fon vs Punjabi Shahmukhi
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Aspect | Fon | Punjabi Shahmukhi |
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Family | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Niger | Indo-European, Indo-Aryan |
Speakers | Approximately 2 million | Approximately 130 million (includes speakers of both Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi scripts) |
Features | A tonal language with agglutinative morphology and a subject-verb-object (SVO) word order; it serves as a primary language of the Fon people and is deeply tied to the culture and traditions of Benin. | 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 | Benin (primarily), Togo, Nigeria | 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, tones are essential for distinguishing meaning | Yes, tonal distinctions are important for meaning |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses prepositions and word order | No, relies on word order and postpositions |
Derived From | Proto-Volta-Niger | Perso-Arabic script, adapted for Punjabi phonology |
Loanwords | From French and neighboring African languages | From Arabic, Persian, and English |
Dialects | Includes several regional dialects, though they are largely mutually intelligible, with slight variations in vocabulary and pronunciation. | Includes Majhi, Doabi, Malwai, Pothohari, and others. Standard Shahmukhi is based on the Majhi dialect spoken around Lahore. |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, Ɛ, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, Ɔ, P, 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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