What is Shahmukhi?
'''Shahmukhi''' is a set of letters used to write the [[Punjabi language]] by Punjabi speakers in [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Pakistan]]. Like all Arabic-derived alphabets, it is written from right to left. [[File:Standard Shahmukhi Alphabet table.png|thumb|Shahmukhi alphabet table in Mehr Nastaliq Saraiki font.]] The Shahmukhi script is based on the Perso-Arabic script, which is used to write [[Urdu]]. Shahmukhi can be called an alphabet; it is really an ''[[abjad]]''. An abjad is a script that has letters to represent [[consonant]]s with [[vowel]]s. Of course, Shahmukhi, and other scripts relating to it, are impure abjads. This means that there are ways to represent vowels in the writing but they are used in a very bare method. There are 38 letters in the Shahmukhi abjad. [[Category:Punjabi language]] [[Category:Alphabets]] {{asia-stub}}