Chapter 1: Gurmukhi Script

 

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Goals of this Chapter

  • Learn Punjabi language structure.
  • Learn vowels, consonants, and borrowed sounds.
  • Learn dependent vowels.
  • Learn tones.
  • Learn conjunct consonants.
  • Learn nasalization and gemination (bindi, tippi, addhak).
  • Learn common phrases.
  • Learn counting 1–100 in Punjabi.

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