Dogra (Unicode block) explained

Blockname:	Dogra
Rangestart:	11800
Rangeend:	1184F
Script1:	Dogra
Alphabets:	Dogra
11 0:	60
Note:	^[1] ^[2]

Dogra is a Unicode block for the Dogri script (also known as Dogra Akkhar script), for writing the Dogri language in Jammu and Kashmir in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent.^[3] The Takri script version of Jammu is known as Dogra Akkhar.^[4]

Unicode

The Dogra block was added to Unicode in June, 2018 with the release of version 11.0.^[5]

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

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Dogra block:

		Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
11.0	U+11800..1183B	60
				N4862
				doc)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unicode character database. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
2. Web site: Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
3. Web site: Pandey. Anshuman. 2015-11-04. L2/15-234R: Proposal to encode the Dogra script.
4. Book: Ireland, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. 1834. Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society. en.
5. Web site: Unicode 11.0.0 . . June 5, 2018 . June 5, 2018.