Dogri script

The Dogri script (Dogri:𑠝𑠢𑠳𑠷 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠬 𑠀𑠊𑠹𑠋𑠤,romanized:namēṁ ḍōgarā akkhara) is a writing system originally used for writing the Dogri language in Jammu and Kashmir in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent.

History

The revival of the Dogra Akkhar script was supported by the order of Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir. 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. However, the script is functionally extinct, with Devanagari being used to write Dogri now. Most speakers of Dogra are unable to read and write the language in its original script.

Letters

Sample text

The following text is from Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

Dogra Akkhar script

Devanagari script

Perso-Arabic script

ISO 15919 transliteration

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

English translation

Unicode

Name Dogra Akkhar was added as a Unicode block to the Unicode Standard in June, 2018 (version 11.0).

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

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