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Gurmukhī alphabet

Okay kiddo, have you heard of Punjabi language? It is spoken in a part of India called Punjab. And in Punjabi language, they use a special kind of writing called Gurmukhī alphabet.

Gurmukhī is like a secret code Punjabi people use to write and read their language. It has special signs or letters that represent different sounds and words.

Think of it like when you play with your friends and make up a secret language using a secret code. In that secret code, each letter of the alphabet represents a different letter or sound. In Gurmukhī alphabet, each letter represents a different sound in Punjabi language.

The Gurmukhī alphabet has 35 letters or signs. Each letter has a name and a different shape, but they all look kind of similar to each other. They also have special marks on top or below them that change how they sound. It's like when you put an accent mark on a letter in English to make it sound different.

When Punjabi people write using Gurmukhī, they start from the top left corner of the page and write from left to right, just like in English.

So that's what Gurmukhī alphabet is all about. It's a special way Punjabi people use to write and read their language using different signs and letters to represent different sounds and words.
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