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Language Comparison: Punjabi Shahmukhi vs Malay
Explore the linguistic characteristics and features of both languages
Aspect | Punjabi Shahmukhi | Malay |
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Family | Indo-European, Indo-Aryan | Austronesian |
Speakers | Approximately 130 million (includes speakers of both Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi scripts) | Approximately 88 million speakers (including Indonesian and other Malay dialects) |
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. | Widely spoken in Southeast Asia, Malay is known for its simplicity in grammar, especially in terms of verb conjugation and lack of inflection |
Countries | Pakistan (primary script for Punjabi), India (minority use), and Punjabi-speaking diaspora communities | Malaysia, Indonesia (as Indonesian), Brunei, Singapore, Thailand (southern provinces) |
Writing System | Shahmukhi script (Perso-Arabic script with additional characters) | Latin script (Rumi) and Arabic script (Jawi) |
Tonal | Yes, tonal distinctions are important for meaning | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and postpositions | No, uses prepositions and word order instead of grammatical cases |
Derived From | Perso-Arabic script, adapted for Punjabi phonology | Old Malay, influenced by Sanskrit, Arabic, and later Portuguese, Dutch, and English |
Loanwords | From Arabic, Persian, and English | From Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and Chinese |
Dialects | Includes Majhi, Doabi, Malwai, Pothohari, and others. Standard Shahmukhi is based on the Majhi dialect spoken around Lahore. | Includes Malaysian Malay, Indonesian Malay (Indonesian), Brunei Malay, Kedah Malay, Kelantanese Malay, and others |
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 |
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