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. The Takri script version of Jammu is known as Dogra Akkhar.

Dogra script specimen

Unicode

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

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

Dogra[1][2] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+1180x𑠀𑠁𑠂𑠃𑠄𑠅𑠆𑠇𑠈𑠉𑠊𑠋𑠌𑠍𑠎𑠏
U+1181x𑠐𑠑𑠒𑠓𑠔𑠕𑠖𑠗𑠘𑠙𑠚𑠛𑠜𑠝𑠞𑠟
U+1182x𑠠𑠡𑠢𑠣𑠤𑠥𑠦𑠧𑠨𑠩𑠪𑠫𑠬𑠭𑠮𑠯
U+1183x𑠰𑠱𑠲𑠳𑠴𑠵𑠶𑠷𑠸𑠺𑠹𑠻
U+1184x
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
11.0U+11800..1183B60Pandey, Anshuman (2015-07-30), Preliminary proposal to encode the Dogra script
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2015-11-01), "1. Dogra", Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals
Pandey, Anshuman (2015-11-04), Proposal to encode the Dogra script
Moore, Lisa (2015-11-16), "D.5", UTC #145 Minutes
A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2017-06-25), Proposal to encode the DOGRA VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RR
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2017-07-28), "16. Dogra", Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2017-08-11), "D.14", UTC #152 Minutes
, )"M66.04", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "C. Dogra", WG2 Consent Docket
Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C4", UTC #153 Minutes