Alphabet
You can copy and paste these IPA characters to create Punjabi words:
| Voiceless unaspirated | Voiceless aspirated | Voiced aspirated | Voiced aspirated | Nasal | Vowels |
k-group | k | kʰ | g | kʱ | ŋ | a |
c-group | c | cʰ | j | cʱ | ɲ | a: |
ʈ-group | ʈ | ʈʰ | ɖ | ɖʱ | ɳ | i |
t-group | t | tʰ | d | dʱ | n | i: |
p-group | p | pʰ | b | bʱ | m | u |
| y | r | l | ʋ | ɽ | u: |
| ʃ | x | ʏ | z | f | e |
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Accent | è | é | à | á | ó | |
Nasal | ê | â | î | ô | ú |
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Punjabi words and phrases
sat sri: aka:l – Hello/Goodbye (Literally – “God is truth”)
namaste - Alternative greeting (Hindu)
ʃukria - Thanks (Remember, “ʃ” is pronounced like “sh”)
ki: ɦa:l ɦɛ? – How are you?
ʈʰi:k ɦɛ – I am well (ʈʱ is pronounced with the retroflex sound and a breathy voice)
canga: / accʰa: - Well, good (canga: is pronounced more like “Cheng ga”)
ɦukam karo - What can I do for you? (Literally: Order, please do)
náî: - No (Pronounced with an upward tone on the á)
ɦâ: - Yes
ɦɛ na: - Isn’t it? (as in “Your name is … isn’t it?” - this is tagged to the end of a statement to create a question)
tusî: - You (Plural)
dasso / suɳa:o - Please tell (So, “tusî: dasso” means “And you?”)
nâ: - name (so, “My name is ...” would be “mera nâ: … ɦɛ”
milke baɽi: xuʃ i: ɦoi: - Pleased to meet you
mɛ - I
mera: - My
tuɦa:ɖa: - Your
asî: - We
sa:ɖa: - Our
é - It (proximate - e.g. this, these)
éda: - Its (proximate)
ó - It (distant - e.g. that, those)
óda: - Its (distant)
vi: - Also
te (ate) - And
te (utte) - On
dovê - Both
munɖa: - Boy
kuɽi: - Girl
beʈʰo - Sit down
benti: - Request
ija:zat - Permission
dio - Please give
sá:b - Sir (after the name)
ma:f karna: - Excuse me