page_title: Dogri language
section_title: Script
hierarchical_section_title: Dogri language / Script
caption_attribution_description: English: Dogra Script Specimen
context_page_description: Dogri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about five million people in India, chiefly in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir. It is also spoken in the state of Himachal Pradesh, and in northern Punjab, other parts of Jammu and Kashmir, and elsewhere. Dogri speakers are called Dogras, and the Dogri-speaking region is called Duggar. Although formerly treated as a Punjabi dialect, Dogri is now considered to be a member of the Western Pahari group of languages. Unusually for an Indo-European language, Dogri is tonal, a trait it shares with other Western Pahari languages and Punjabi.
  Dogri has several varieties, all with greater than 80% lexical similarity.
  Dogri is one of the 22 official languages of India. It was added in the 8th schedule of the constitution in 2001.
context_section_description: Dogri was originally written using the Dogri script. It is now more commonly written in Devanagari in India, and in the Nastaʿliq form of Perso-Arabic in Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
  The Dogra Script was standardised from Chambeali Takri Script during the Dogra rule. This script was then called "Namme Dogra Akkhar " (Dogra:𑠝𑠢𑠹𑠢𑠳 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠬 𑠀𑠊𑠹𑠋𑠤).
caption: Dogra Script Specimen
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