Dogri script explained

Fam1:Proto-Sinaitic alphabet ? [a]
Fam2:Phoenician alphabet ? [a]
Fam3:Aramaic alphabet? [a]
Fam4:Brāhmī
Fam5:Gupta
Fam6:Śāradā
Fam7:Devashesha-Takri
Languages:Dogri
Region:Jammu
Sisters:Takri, Gurmukhī
Type:Abugida
Sample:Dogra Akkhar Modified.png
Iso15924:Dogr
Unicode:U+11800 - U+1184F

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]

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.

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

See main article: Dogra (Unicode block).

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:

External links

Notes and References

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