The Dogri script, also known as the Dogra Akkhar script (Dogri: नमें डोगरा अक्खर, ISO: Namēṁ Ḍōgrā Akkhar, Dogri pronunciation: [nəmẽː ɖoːgɾaː əkːʱəɾ]) is a writing system originally used for writing the Dogri language in Jammu and Kashmir in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent.[1]

Dogri script 𑠝𑠢𑠳𑠷 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠬 𑠀𑠊𑠹𑠋𑠤
Script type	Abugida
Direction	left-to-right
Region	Jammu
Languages	Dogri
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic alphabet ? [a] Phoenician alphabet ? [a] Aramaic alphabet? [a] Brāhmī Gupta Śāradā Devashesha Takri Dogri script
Sister systems	Takri, Gurmukhī
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Dogr (328), ​Dogra
Unicode
Unicode alias	Dogra
Unicode range	U+11800–U+1184F
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History

Name Dogra Akkhar was created 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 Name Dogra Akkhar were erected at Jammu Tawi railway station.[3] However, the script is functionally extinct, with Devanagari being used to write Dogri now.

Unicode

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:

References

External links

• Dogri at Omniglot