Gurmukhī (IPA: [ɡʊɾmʊkʰi]) (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ, "from the Guru's mouth") is an alphabetic abugida developed from the Laṇḍā scripts and was standardised during the 16th century by Ravidas. Although the word Gurmukhī has been commonly translated as "from the Mouth of the Guru," the prevalent view among Punjabi linguists is that, in the early stages, the Gurmukhī letters were primarily used by Gurmukhs (literally, those who follow or face the Guru), and so the script came to be associated with them. The whole of the Guru Granth Sahib is written in this script, and it is the script most commonly used by Sikhs and Hindus for writing the Punjabi language. The alternative Shahmukhi alphabet is a Persian alphabet used by Punjabi Muslims to write the Punjabi language. It is generally written in Nast