The Open Eastern Punjabi Bible (PNBOUB)

Overview

Eastern Punjabi Revised Bible. The Open Eastern Punjabi Bible is a complete Bible published in 2017 by Bridge Connectivity Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a company based in New Delhi that specializes in translation and localization for Indian and South Asian languages. [1] The text is written in the Gurmukhi script and is released under an open-access license. Bridge Connectivity Solutions also produced the Indian Revised Version (IRV) Punjabi Bible in 2019, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0, and distributed through the VachanOnline platform. [2] Note: The metadata records this Bible under ISO 639-3 code pnb (Western Panjabi), though the title refers to "Eastern Punjabi" — this may reflect a classification discrepancy, as the Gurmukhi script and Indian context are typically associated with Eastern Punjabi (ISO: pan).

Language and People

Western Panjabi (ISO 639-3: pnb) is spoken by approximately 31,100,000 people in India, Map 1. [Glottolog: west2386]

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