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Dogri script 𑠝𑠢𑠳𑠷 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠬 𑠀𑠊𑠹𑠋𑠤
Script type	Abugida
Direction	Left-to-right
Region	Jammu
Languages	Dogri
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic alphabet Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Brāhmī Gupta Śāradā Devashesha-Takri Dogri script
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Dogr (328), ​Dogra
Unicode
Unicode alias	Dogra
Unicode range	U+11800–U+1184F
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The Dogri script is a writing system originally used for writing the Dogri language in Jammu and Kashmir in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent.

History

The revival of the Dogra Akkhar script was supported by the order of Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a modified version of the old Dogra Akkhar script, which in turn was a Jammu variant of the Takri script.

Efforts of revival

Signboards in New Dogra Akkhar were erected at Jammu Tawi railway station. However, the script is functionally extinct, with Devanagari being used to write Dogri now. Most speakers of Dogra are unable to read and write the language in its original script.

Unicode

Name Dogra Akkhar was added as a Unicode block to the Unicode Standard in June, 2018 (version 11.0).

The Unicode block is named Dogra, at U+11800–U+1184F, and contains 60 characters:

References

1. Pandey, Anshuman (2015-11-04). "L2/15-234R: Proposal to encode the Dogra script" (PDF).
2. Gupta, Veena (2020). Dogri Vyakaran (in Dogri) (5th ed.). Bari Brahmana, Jammu: J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages.
3. SNS (2018-05-04). "Dogri script finds place on signposts at Jammu railway station". The Statesman. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
4. "Unicode 11.0.0". Unicode Consortium. June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.

External links

• Dogri at Omniglot

• Dogri language
• Brahmic scripts
• Sarada scripts
• Obsolete writing systems