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Dogri script

Dogri script

Abugida for the Dogri language


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]

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Alphabet table in Dogra script

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

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.

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+11800โ€“U+1184F, and contains 60 characters:

Dogra[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1181x ๐‘  ๐‘ ‘ ๐‘ ’ ๐‘ “ ๐‘ ” ๐‘ • ๐‘ – ๐‘ — ๐‘ ˜ ๐‘ ™ ๐‘ š ๐‘ › ๐‘ œ ๐‘  ๐‘ ž ๐‘ Ÿ
U+1182x ๐‘   ๐‘ ก ๐‘ ข ๐‘ ฃ ๐‘ ค ๐‘ ฅ ๐‘ ฆ ๐‘ ง ๐‘ จ ๐‘ ฉ ๐‘ ช ๐‘ ซ ๐‘ ฌ ๐‘ ญ ๐‘ ฎ ๐‘ ฏ
U+1183x ๐‘ ฐ ๐‘ ฑ ๐‘ ฒ ๐‘ ณ ๐‘ ด ๐‘ ต ๐‘ ถ ๐‘ ท ๐‘ ธ ๐‘ น ๐‘ บ ๐‘ ป
U+1184x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

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.

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