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Need of Gurmukhi Script ???


Bijla Singh
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Here are a reason that i think you might understand:

Compared to other scripts used at the times, Guru Sahib used Gurmukhi script (a form of some Old Punjabi script, most probably Ardanagari) because all the other scripts couldn't give the correct pronunciation. (perhaps devanagari could, but it has 52 akhars and lots of these letters are not needed for Punjabi language...)

Every language should (ideally) have it's own script which is suited to the ponetic setup (speech and pronunciation) of that language. Perso-Arabic scripts creates lots of problems for Indian languages, even Urdu readers know this, but they blindly use it as it connects them to their religion. And North-Indian scripts were not complete, as they lacked either laga-matra ("vowel signs") or they didn't have letters for some Punjabi sounds. And Devanagari was good, but it contains lots of more letters than is needed to write/read correct Punjabi, hence more than one letter for the same sound could also create problem. Thus Guru Sahib had to modify existing scripts to form a complete script that could be used for both Gurbani (and Punjabi language).

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