English to Punjabi Typing

Type Roman English & get Punjabi words

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About Our Punjabi Typing Tool

This English to Punjabi typing tool makes it easy to type in Punjabi online without having to download any Punjabi font or memorise a complex keyboard layout. It is built using Google API to provide fast and accurate English characters to Punjabi unicode.

How to Type in Punjabi

Our typing tool transforms any Roman English characters to Punjabi words. For example-
Typing tusi kivem ho will transform into ਤੁਸੀ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਹੋ.
Typing tuhanu dekha ke bahuta caga laga will transform into ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਦੇਖ ਕੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਚੰਗਾ ਲੱਗਾ.

What is Roman English?

Roman English in Punjabi typing is a way of typing Punjabi words using the English alphabet. It is commonly used in casual online communication, particularly on social media or messaging platforms, where people write Punjabi phonetically in English script.

Tips for Typing in Punjabi

  • Press space bar to turn Roman English words into Punjabi words.
  • To type a full stop (ਪੂਰਾ ਸਟਾਪ), press the pipe key (|) located in the special characters. This will insert "।" in the text area.

Basics of Punjabi Language

Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by millions of people in Punjab, a region divided between India and Pakistan. It is the 10th most spoken language in the world, with a vibrant culture and history. Punjabi uses two scripts: Gurmukhi in India and Shahmukhi in Pakistan. Both scripts add to the language's richness and reflect the cultural diversity of its speakers.

Punjabi is known for its rhythmic tone, often referred to as a "tone language," where the pitch can change the meaning of words. It has a strong oral tradition, with folk songs, poetry, and proverbs playing a big role in everyday life.

You can use this typing tool to type Punjabi in Gurmukhi. It contains 37 consonants and 10 vowels. Punjabi numbers follow the decimal point numerical system just like in English.

  • Vowels (savara / ਸਵਰ): ਅ, ਆ, ਇ, ਈ, ਉ, ਊ, ਏ, ਐ, ਓ, ਔ
  • Consonants (viajana / ਵਿਅੰਜਨ): ਕ, ਖ, ਗ, ਘ, ਙ, ਚ, ਛ, ਜ, ਝ, ਞ, ਟ, ਠ, ਡ, ਢ, ਣ, ਤ, ਥ, ਦ, ਧ, ਨ, ਪ, ਫ, ਬ, ਭ, ਮ, ਯ, ਰ, ਲ, ਵ, ਸ਼, ਸ, ਹ, ਖ਼, ਗ਼, ਜ਼, ਫ਼, ਲ਼
  • Numbers (nabara / ਨੰਬਰ): ੦, ੧, ੨, ੩, ੪, ੫, ੬, ੭, ੮, ੯
  • Full stop (pura satapa / ਪੂਰਾ ਸਟਾਪ):

Auto Correction of Similar Sounding Words

Our Punjabi typing tool is smart enough to figure out the intended word although it may sound or spelled similarly to a different word. You may want to pay attention if you are trying to type a Punjabi word that sounds very similar to another Punjabi word.