Learn Punjabi — Punjabi University, Patiala

A university's free Punjabi course, plus a Gurmukhi–Shahmukhi transliterator.

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What it actually is

Punjabi University Patiala's research centre publishes a beginners' course ("A Start in Punjabi") with audio and video, a multimedia dictionary, a spell and grammar checker, and — the genuinely rare piece — a converter between Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi. Punjabi is written in two different scripts either side of the India–Pakistan border, and that converter is how a reader of one reaches the other. Academic, free, and awkward to navigate.

What it covers

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Grammar
  • Vocabulary

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