Dogri script

Dogra is a Unicode block containing characters of the Dogri script (also known as Dogra Akkhar script) originally used for writing the Dogri language in Jammu and Kashmir in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent.[3] The Takri script version of Jammu is known as Dogra Akkhar[4]

Dogra written in Dogra Script
Dogra Script Specimen
Not to be confused with Takri script.
Dogri script
š‘ –š‘ µš‘ Œš‘ ¤š‘ ¬
Type
LanguagesDogri
Parent systems
Sister systems
Gurmukhī
https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U11800.pdf
Dogra
RangeU+11800..U+1184F
(80 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsDogra
Major alphabetsDogra
Assigned60 code points
Unused20 reserved code points
Unicode version history
11.060 (+60)
Note: [1][2]
Brahmic scripts
The Brahmic script and its descendants
Northern Brahmic
Southern Brahmic
Alphabet Table in Dogra Script

Unicode

The Dogri script was added to the Unicode Standard in June, 2018 with the release of version 11.0.[5]

The Unicode block for Dogra is U+11800ā€“U+1184F and it contains 60 characters:

Dogra[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1180x š‘ € š‘  š‘ ‚ š‘ ƒ š‘ „ š‘ … š‘ † š‘ ‡ š‘ ˆ š‘ ‰ š‘ Š š‘ ‹ š‘ Œ š‘  š‘ Ž š‘ 
U+1181x š‘  š‘ ‘ š‘ ’ š‘ “ š‘ ” š‘ • š‘ – š‘ — š‘ ˜ š‘ ™ š‘ š š‘ › š‘ œ š‘  š‘ ž š‘ Ÿ
U+1182x š‘   š‘ ” š‘ ¢ š‘ £ š‘ ¤ š‘ „ š‘ ¦ š‘ § š‘ Ø š‘ © š‘ Ŗ š‘ « š‘ ¬ š‘ ­ š‘ ® š‘ Æ
U+1183x š‘ ° š‘ ± š‘ ² š‘ ³ š‘ “ š‘ µ š‘ ¶ š‘ · š‘ ø š‘ ¹ š‘ ŗ š‘ »
U+1184x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0
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 points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
11.0U+11800..1183B60L2/15-213Pandey, Anshuman (2015-07-30), Preliminary proposal to encode the Dogra script
L2/15-312Anderson, 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
L2/15-234RPandey, Anshuman (2015-11-04), Proposal to encode the Dogra script
L2/15-254Moore, Lisa (2015-11-16), "D.5", UTC #145 Minutes
L2/17-201N4862A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2017-06-25), Proposal to encode the DOGRA VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RR
L2/17-255Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2017-07-28), "16. Dogra", Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-222Moore, Lisa (2017-08-11), "D.14", UTC #152 Minutes
N4953 (pdf, doc)"M66.04", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23
L2/17-353Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "C. Dogra", WG2 Consent Docket
L2/17-362Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C4", UTC #153 Minutes
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

Efforts of Revival

Dogri was included on the signboards at Jammu Tawi railway station. This triggered enthusiasm among particularly the youngsters who were in large numbers sharing it on the social media.

Although the language has been given recognition at the central level, but there were allegations of the Jammu and Kashmir government giving it ā€œstep-motherlyā€ treatment. Adequate steps were not being taken to teach the language at the school and college levels.[6]

References
  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  3. Pandey, Anshuman (2015-11-04). "L2/15-234R: Proposal to encode the Dogra script" (PDF).
  4. Ireland, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and (1834). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society.
  5. "Unicode 11.0.0". Unicode Consortium. June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  6. "Dogri script finds place on signposts at Jammu railway station". The Statesman. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
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