Shahmukhi (شاہ مکھی) is a script used to record the Punjabi language. It is based on the Nasta'liq style of the Persian script and has traditionally been used by the Punjabi Muslims of India and Pakistan. The Gurmukhi script is also used to write Punjabi. The text is written in the right to left direction and from right page to left page. Image File history File links Shahmukhi_nastaliq. ... A writing system, also called a script, is a type of symbolic system used to represent elements or statements expressible in language. ... Punjabi (sometimes spelled Panjabi) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... Nastaliq or Nastaleegh (نستعلیق) is a specific style for writing in the Arabic alphabet. ... The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing the Arabic language, which is the language of the Quran, the holy book of Islam. ... Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (Meaning: Land of five Rivers) (also Panjab, Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, Shahmukhi: پنجاب) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ... The Gurmukhi (ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ or ਗੁਰਮੁੱਖੀ) script, derived from the Later Sharada script and standardised by Guru Angad Dev in the 16th century, was designed to write the Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) language. ...

The meaning of "Shahmukhi" is literally "from the King's mouth".

External links

• UnitedPunjab.com - East & West Punjab Together - Promoting ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ & شاہ مکھی
• Learn Shahmukhi
• Likhari in Shahmukhi
• Kalam-e-Baba Nanak
• LokPunjab.org
• Panjabi Language
• Poetry form Sialkot