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Punjabi Alphabet (Gurmukhi)
The letters and characters of Punjabi written in the Gurmukhi script, in order — every standard character with its name and codepoint, the additional and punctuation sets, and exactly how many fonts include them. About 42,948,380 people read or write it across 5 countries.
Punjabi is also written in: (Arabic)
Standard characters
The minimal set of characters required for Punjabi — the language's alphabet, in its traditional order. Tap a character to copy it; each name opens the full character page.
Additional Characters
Used for foreign words, names and technical terms, and older forms of the language.
Punctuation characters
The marks used to separate sentences and to clarify meaning.
Where Punjabi (Gurmukhi) is read
Countries shaded by the share of their population that reads or writes Punjabi in the Gurmukhi script.
Estimated readers — share of each country's population (CLDR).
| Country | Estimated readers | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| India | 39,455,640 | 2.8% |
| United Kingdom | 2,464,528 | 3.6% |
| Canada | 1,008,665 | 2.6% |
| Kenya | 9,902 | 0.02% |
| Singapore | 9,646 | 0.16% |
Punjabi (Gurmukhi) — facts
| Font coverage | 9 of 137,179 fonts include every one of the 69 standard characters; 2 include the standard and additional sets together. Counts are exact for the snapshot of 21 October 2026. |
|---|---|
| Script | Gurmukhi |
| Unicode blocks | Basic Latin, Gurmukhi, General Punctuation |
| People | About 42,948,380 people read or write Punjabi in the Gurmukhi script — mostly in India, United Kingdom, Canada, Kenya, Singapore. |
| Also written in | Punjabi (Arabic) |
Data: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters (CLDR 48.2.0) and CLDR territory population data. Font counts: snapshot of 21 October 2026.