Gurmukhi

Brahmic script used to write the Punjabi language; commonly used to write Punjabi in India; prominent component of Sikh religious literature
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Gurmukhi

Summary

Gurmukhi is an abugida[1]. Gurmukhi draws 845 Wikipedia views per month (abugida category, ranking #7 of 64).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gurmukhi's image is recorded as 17th century Mul Mantar, Guru Arjan handwriting, Kartarpur manuscript.jpg[3].
  • Gurmukhi's instance of is recorded as abugida[4].
  • Gurmukhi's instance of is recorded as orthography[5].
  • Gurmukhi's instance of is recorded as language in script[6].
  • Gurmukhi's based on is recorded as Laṇḍā scripts[7].
  • Gurmukhi's subclass of is recorded as Brahmic scripts[8].
  • Gurmukhi's has use is recorded as Punjabi[9].
  • Gurmukhi's Commons category is recorded as Gurmukhi[10].
  • Gurmukhi's language of work or name is recorded as Punjabi[11].
  • Gurmukhi's language of work or name is recorded as Sant Bhasha[12].
  • Gurmukhi's language of work or name is recorded as Sindhi[13].
  • Gurmukhi's Wikimedia language code is recorded as pa[14].
  • Gurmukhi's ISO 15924 alpha-4 code is recorded as Guru[15].
  • Gurmukhi's has part is recorded as Gurmukhi letter[16].
  • +1600-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gurmukhi[17].
  • Gurmukhi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03f95[18].
  • Gurmukhi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gurmukhi[19].
  • Gurmukhi's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 394173[20].
  • Gurmukhi's replaces is recorded as Sharada[21].
  • Gurmukhi's script directionality is recorded as left-to-right[22].
  • Gurmukhi's topic has template is recorded as template:Gurmukhi alphabets[23].
  • Gurmukhi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'pa', 'text': 'ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ'}[24].
  • Gurmukhi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'pa', 'text': 'گرمکھی'}[25].
  • Gurmukhi's different from is recorded as Gurmukhi alphabet[26].
  • Gurmukhi's different from is recorded as Eastern Punjabi[27].

Why It Matters

Gurmukhi draws 845 Wikipedia views per month (abugida category, ranking #7 of 64).[2] Gurmukhi has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Gurmukhi is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . researchgate.net. Retrieved . researchgate.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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