Dogri script

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Dogri script
𑠝𑠢𑠳𑠷 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠬 𑠀𑠊𑠹𑠋𑠤
Dogra Akkhar Modified.png
Script type
DirectionLeft-to-right  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
RegionJammu
Languages Dogri
Related scripts
Parent systems
Sister systems
Takri, Gurmukhī
ISO 15924
ISO 15924 Dogr(328),Dogra
Unicode
Unicode alias
Dogra
U+11800U+1184F
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Alphabet table in Dogra script Dogra alphabet.jpg
Alphabet table in Dogra script

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. [1]

Contents

History

The revival of the Dogra Akkhar script was supported by the order of Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir. [2] It is a modified version of the old Dogra Akkhar script, which in turn was a Jammu variant of the Takri script.

Dogra script specimen Dogra.png
Dogra script specimen

Efforts of revival

Signboards in New Dogra Akkhar were erected at Jammu Tawi railway station. [3] However, the script is functionally extinct, with Devanagari being used to write Dogri now. Most of the Speakers of Dogra Language 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). [4]

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

Dogra [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1180x𑠀𑠁𑠂𑠃𑠄𑠅𑠆𑠇𑠈𑠉𑠊𑠋𑠌𑠍𑠎𑠏
U+1181x𑠐𑠑𑠒𑠓𑠔𑠕𑠖𑠗𑠘𑠙𑠚𑠛𑠜𑠝𑠞𑠟
U+1182x𑠠𑠡𑠢𑠣𑠤𑠥𑠦𑠧𑠨𑠩𑠪𑠫𑠬𑠭𑠮𑠯
U+1183x𑠰𑠱𑠲𑠳𑠴𑠵𑠶𑠷𑠸𑠺𑠹𑠻
U+1184x
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2. ^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

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References

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  2. Gupta, Veena (2020). Dogri Vyakaran (in Dogri) (5th ed.). Bari Brahmana, Jammu: J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages.
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  4. "Unicode 11.0.0". Unicode Consortium. June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.