Western Panjabi

Q: What alphabet or script does Western Panjabi use?

Western Panjabi is written using the Arabic script (Arab).

Q: What direction is Western Panjabi written?

Western Panjabi is written Right-to-left, meaning text flows from right to left.

lah

Western Panjabi is a language . It is written using the Arabic script. Its BCP 47 language code is lah.

Writing Systems Used for Western Panjabi

Frequently Asked Questions

What alphabet or script does Western Panjabi use?

Western Panjabi is written using the Arabic script (ISO 15924 code: Arab). Arabic is a right-to-left script.

What direction is Western Panjabi written?

Western Panjabi is written Right-to-left. Text begins on the right side of the page and reads toward the left.

What is the language code for Western Panjabi?

The BCP 47 language code for Western Panjabi is "lah". This code is used in software, web standards (the HTML lang attribute), and internationalization contexts.

Language Facts

BCP 47 Code: lah
ISO 639-3: lah
Status: living
Scope: macrolanguage
Scripts: 1
Primary Script: Arabic

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Data sourced from Unicode CLDR and ISO 639-3. Last updated April 20, 2026.