Dogri script

Dogri script
𑠝𑠢𑠳𑠷 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠬 𑠀𑠊𑠹𑠋𑠤
*namēṁ ḍōgarā akkhara*
Dogri script; 𑠝𑠢𑠳𑠷 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠬 𑠀𑠊𑠹𑠋𑠤; namēṁ ḍōgarā akkhara
	Dogri Varnamala (Alphabet Chart) divided into 10 vowels (𑠩𑠹𑠦𑠤), 34 consonants (𑠦𑠹𑠣𑠓𑠹𑠑𑠝), 9 Vowel diacritics (𑠢𑠬𑠙𑠹𑠤𑠬), 6 Sanskrit origin marks, 2 consonant modifiers and 4 punctuation marks
Script type	Abugida
Direction	Left-to-right
Region	Jammu
Languages	Dogri
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic alphabet Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet (debated) Brāhmī Gupta Śāradā Devashesha-Takri Dogri script; ; ; ; ; ; ;
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Dogr (328), Dogra
Unicode
Unicode alias	Dogra
Unicode range	U+11800–U+1184F
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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.^[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 speakers of Dogra are unable to read and write the language in its original script.

Letters

Consonants
𑠊 ka	𑠋 kha	𑠌 ga	𑠍 gha	𑠎 nga
𑠏 ca	𑠐 cha	𑠑 ja	𑠒 jha	𑠓 ñ
𑠔 ṭa	𑠕 ṭha	𑠖 ḍa	𑠗 ḍha	𑠘 ṇa
𑠙 ta	𑠚 tha	𑠛 da	𑠜 dha	𑠝 na
𑠞 pa	𑠟 pha	𑠠 ba	𑠡 bha	𑠢 ma
𑠣 ya	𑠤 ra	𑠥 la	𑠦 va
𑠧 śa	𑠨 ṣa	𑠩 sa	𑠪 ha	𑠫 ḷa

Vowels
Vowel	a	ā	i	ī	u	ū	r̥	r̥
Independent	𑠀	𑠁	𑠂	𑠃	𑠄	𑠅
Dependent		𑠬	𑠭	𑠮	𑠯	𑠰	𑠱	𑠲

Vowel	e	ai	o	au
Independent	𑠆	𑠇	𑠈	𑠉
Dependent	𑠳	𑠴	𑠵	𑠶

Signs
𑠷 ṁ	𑠸 ḥ	𑠹 virama	𑠺 nuqta	𑠻 abbr. sign

Sample text

The following text is from Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: ^[4]

Dogra Akkhar script

𑠩𑠬𑠤𑠳 𑠢𑠝𑠯𑠊𑠹𑠋 𑠢𑠴𑠪𑠹𑠢𑠬 𑠙𑠳 𑠀𑠜𑠭𑠊𑠬𑠤𑠳𑠷 𑠛𑠳 𑠠𑠭𑠧𑠳 𑠏 𑠑𑠝𑠢𑠴 𑠚𑠢𑠬𑠷 𑠩𑠯𑠙𑠴𑠷𑠙𑠤 𑠙𑠳 𑠠𑠤𑠵𑠠𑠤 𑠝। 𑠄'𑠝𑠳𑠷𑠌𑠮 𑠠𑠯𑠛𑠹𑠜𑠮 𑠙𑠳 𑠑𑠢𑠮𑠤𑠴 𑠛𑠮 𑠛𑠳𑠝 𑠚𑠹𑠪𑠵𑠃 𑠇 𑠙𑠳 𑠄'𑠝𑠳𑠷𑠌𑠮 𑠁𑠞𑠰𑠷-𑠠𑠭𑠏𑠹𑠏𑠳𑠷 𑠡𑠬𑠃𑠏𑠬𑠤𑠳 𑠛𑠳 𑠡𑠬𑠦𑠴 𑠊𑠝𑠹𑠝𑠴 𑠠𑠹𑠣𑠪𑠬𑠤 𑠊𑠤𑠝𑠬 𑠥𑠵𑠫𑠛𑠬 𑠇।

Devanagari script

सारे मनुक्ख मैह्मा ते अधिकारें दे बिशे च जनमै थमां सुतैंतर ते बरोबर न। उ'नेंगी बुद्धी ते जमीरै दी देन थ्होई ऐ ते उ'नेंगी आपूं-बिच्चें भाईचारे दे भावै कन्नै ब्यहार करना लोड़दा ऐ।

Perso-Arabic script

سارے منکّھ میہما تے ادھکاریں دے بشے چ جنمے تھماں ستیںتر تے بروبر ن۔ ا'نیںگی بُدھِّی تے جمیرے دی دین تھہوئی اے تے ا'نیںگی آپوں-بچّیں بھائیچارے دے بھاوے کنّے بیہار کرنا لوڑدا اے۔

ISO 15919 transliteration

Sārē manukkha maihmā tē adhikārēṁ dē biśē ca janmai thamāṁ sutaintar tē barōbar na. U'nēṁgī buddhī tē jamīrai dī dēn thhōī ai tē u'nēṁgī āpūṁ-biccēṁ bhāīcārē dē bhāvai kannai byahār karnā lōṛdā ai.

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

[saːɾeː mənʊkkʰə mɛ́ːmaː t̪eː əd̪ɪ̀kaːɾẽː d̪eː bɪʃeː t͡ʃə d͡ʒənmɛː t̪ʰəmãː sʊt̪ɛːnt̪əɾ t̪eː bəɾoːbəɾ nə ‖ ʊ́nẽːgiː bʊd̪d̪ìː t̪eː d͡ʒəmiːɾɛː d̪iː d̪eːn t̪ʰòːiː ɛː t̪eː ʊ́nẽːgiː aːpũːbɪt̪t͡ʃẽː pàːiːt͡ʃaːɾeː d̪eː pàːʋɛː kənnɛː bjəàːɾ kəɾnaː loːɽd̪aː ɛː ‖]

English translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Unicode

Name Dogra Akkhar was added as a Unicode block to the Unicode Standard in June, 2018 (version 11.0).^[5]

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

Dogra^[1]^[2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
U+1180x	𑠀	𑠁	𑠂	𑠃	𑠄	𑠅	𑠆	𑠇	𑠈	𑠉	𑠊	𑠋	𑠌	𑠍	𑠎	𑠏
U+1181x	𑠐	𑠑	𑠒	𑠓	𑠔	𑠕	𑠖	𑠗	𑠘	𑠙	𑠚	𑠛	𑠜	𑠝	𑠞	𑠟
U+1182x	𑠠	𑠡	𑠢	𑠣	𑠤	𑠥	𑠦	𑠧	𑠨	𑠩	𑠪	𑠫	𑠬	𑠭	𑠮	𑠯
U+1183x	𑠰	𑠱	𑠲	𑠳	𑠴	𑠵	𑠶	𑠷	𑠸	𑠹	𑠺	𑠻
U+1184x
Notes 1.^As of Unicode version 17.0 2.^Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

References

↑ Pandey, Anshuman (2015-11-04). "L2/15-234R: Proposal to encode the Dogra script" (PDF).
↑ Gupta, Veena (2020). Dogri Vyakaran (in Dogri) (5th ed.). Bari Brahmana, Jammu: J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages.
↑ SNS (2018-05-04). "Dogri script finds place on signposts at Jammu railway station". The Statesman. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
↑ "Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Indo-Iranian languages". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
↑ "Unicode 11.0.0". Unicode Consortium. June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.

External links

Dogri at Omniglot

[L215234-1] Pandey, Anshuman (2015-11-04). "L2/15-234R: Proposal to encode the Dogra script" (PDF).

[2] Gupta, Veena (2020). Dogri Vyakaran (in Dogri) (5th ed.). Bari Brahmana, Jammu: J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages.

[3] SNS (2018-05-04). "Dogri script finds place on signposts at Jammu railway station". The Statesman. Retrieved 2022-10-20.

[4] "Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Indo-Iranian languages". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 14 July 2026.

[5] "Unicode 11.0.0". Unicode Consortium. June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.

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