Editing Punjabi language (section)

== Writing systems ==
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[[File:Wiki Loves Women South Asia Logo-pa.png|thumb|Gurmukhi writing system on a sample logo]]
The Punjabi language is written in multiple scripts (a phenomenon known as [[synchronic digraphia]]). Each of the major scripts currently in use is typically associated with a particular religious group,{{sfn|Bhatia|2008|p=128}}{{sfn|Bhardwaj|2016|pp=12–13}} although the association is not absolute or exclusive.{{sfn|Jain|2003|pp=53, 57–8}}
In India, Punjabi [[Sikhs]] use [[Gurmukhi]], a script of the [[Brahmic scripts|Brahmic]] family, which has official status in the state of Punjab. In Pakistan, Punjabi Muslims use [[Shahmukhi]], a variant of the [[Perso-Arabic]] script and closely related to the [[Urdu alphabet]]. Sometimes Punjabi is recorded in the [[Devanagari]] script in India, albeit rarely.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Zograph |first=G. A. |title=Languages of South Asia: A Guide |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2023 |isbn=9781000831597 |edition=Reprint |pages=52 |chapter=Chapter 3 |quote=Devanagari itself is also used for Panjabi, if more rarely.}}</ref> The [[Punjabi Hindus]] in India had a preference for Devanagari, another Brahmic script also used for Hindi, and in the first decades since independence raised objections to the uniform adoption of Gurmukhi in the state of Punjab,{{sfn|Nayar|1966|pp= 46 ff}} but most have now switched to Gurmukhi{{sfn|Bhardwaj|2016|p=12}} and so the use of Devanagari is rare.{{sfn|Shackle|2003|p=594}} Often in literature, Pakistani Punjabi (written in Shahmukhi) is referred as Western-Punjabi (or West-Punjabi) and Indian Punjabi (written in Gurmukhi) is referred as Eastern-Punjabi (or East-Punjabi), although the underlying language is the same with a very slight shift in vocabulary towards Islamic and Sikh words respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Punjabi Language – Structure, Writing & Alphabet – MustGo|url=https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/punjabi/|access-date=8 February 2022|website=MustGo.com|language=en-US|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123124609/https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/punjabi/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The written standard for [[Shahmukhi]] also slightly differs from that of Gurmukhi, as it is used for western dialects, whereas Gurumukhi is used to write eastern dialects.

Historically, various local [[Brahmic scripts|Brahmic]] scripts including [[Laṇḍā]] and its descendants were also in use.{{sfn|Shackle|2003|p=594}}{{sfn|Bhardwaj|2016|p=15}}

The [[Punjabi Braille]] is used by the visually impaired. There is an altered version of [[IAST]] often used for Punjabi in which the [[diphthongs]] ''ai'' and ''au'' are written as ''e'' and ''o'', and the long vowels ''e'' and ''o'' are written as ''ē'' and ''ō''.