PunjabiFlow: Learn Punjabi & Gurmukhi Script for Free
Read the letters, then the songs, the poetry and the stories, for the joy of it.
ਜੀ ਆਇਆਂ ਨੂੰ Welcome
Whether it's your heritage, your partner's family, or you just love the music—unlock the language behind the songs and the stories. Learn to read Gurmukhi at your own pace. No streaks, no pressure.
- Learn to read Gurmukhi
- Words from songs & films
- Sufi poetry, verse by verse
- Akhar Khoj letter game
- Hindi cousins of Punjabi words
- Heer Ranjha and other qisse
No account needed. Works offline.
Coming soon to iOS & AndroidWhat you'll learn
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The 35 akhar of Gurmukhi
Meet the Punjabi alphabet (the varnamala, from ੳ ura and ਅ aira onwards) one letter at a time. Tap a letter to hear it, then see it in an example word and a real line with its meaning. See all 35 letters in a printable chart.
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Vowel signs and whole words
Learn the laga matra (vowel signs), the dotted letters and the look-alikes that trip everyone up, so you move from single letters to reading whole words.
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Akhar Khoj letter game
Find a letter hidden inside a line of Sufi verse or a folk saying. It is a light, playful way to spot letters in real text, not just on flashcards.
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Sufi poetry, verse by verse
Read Bulleh Shah, Waris Shah and Baba Farid line by line, with short notes on the key words, so you understand what the poems actually say.
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Words from songs and films
A word of the day from music, food, family and everyday life: the words you keep hearing in Punjabi songs and films, explained simply, with their Hindi cousins where there is one.
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Heer Ranjha and other qisse
Short retellings of the great Punjabi folk romances, like Heer Ranjha, Sohni Mahiwal and Mirza Sahiban, in simple Punjabi with English alongside.
Questions
Is PunjabiFlow free?
Yes. PunjabiFlow is free, needs no account and works offline once installed.
Do I need to know any Punjabi to start?
No. You start with the 35 letters of the Gurmukhi alphabet and build up to whole words, lines of poetry and short stories, at your own pace.
I already speak Hindi or Urdu. Will that help?
Yes. Many Punjabi words have close Hindi and Urdu cousins, and PunjabiFlow points them out so you can see how much you already know. If you read Hindi, the Gurmukhi letters map closely onto Devanagari: the 35 akhar chart shows the Hindi partner of every letter.