The Punjabi writing system in India is Gurmukhi and in Pakistan Shahmukhi is the chosen writing style which mimics Arabic.
Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region. For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language. Punjabi can be subdivided into two varieties, known as Eastern Punjabi and Western Punjabi.
There are an estimated 88 million native speakers of the Punjabi language, which makes it the 10th most widely spoken language in the world. According to the 2008 Census of Pakistan, there are 76,335,300 native Punjabi speakers in Pakistan and according to an Indian census, there are 29,102,477 Punjabi speakers in India.
The Punjabi language has many different dialects, spoken in the different sub-regions of greater Punjab. Since the Partition of Punjab in 1947, Punjabi spoken in the two countries has deviated from each other, with Indians relying more heavily on Sanskrit vocabulary through Hindi. Majha is the textbook dialect of Punjabi.
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