Dogri script

Dogra
Dogra
Range	U+11800..U+1184F; (80 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Dogra
Major alphabets	Dogra
Assigned	60 code points
Unused	20 reserved code points
Unicode version history
11.0 (2018)	60 (+60)
Unicode documentation
	Code chart ∣ Web page
	Note:

Dogri script
𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠬
Dogri script; 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠬
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	Gurmukhī
Unicode
Unicode range	https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U11800.pdf
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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]

Unicode

This article contains Dogri Unicode characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of the intended characters.

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+11800–U+1184F and it 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 15.1 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:

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
11.0	U+11800..1183B	60	L2/15-213		Pandey, Anshuman (2015-07-30), Preliminary proposal to encode the Dogra script
			L2/15-312		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
			L2/15-234R		Pandey, Anshuman (2015-11-04), Proposal to encode the Dogra script
			L2/15-254		Moore, Lisa (2015-11-16), "D.5", UTC #145 Minutes
			L2/17-201	N4862	A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2017-06-25), Proposal to encode the DOGRA VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RR
			L2/17-255		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
			L2/17-222		Moore, Lisa (2017-08-11), "D.14", UTC #152 Minutes
				N4953 (pdf, doc)	"M66.04", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23
			L2/17-353		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "C. Dogra", WG2 Consent Docket
			L2/17-362		Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C4", UTC #153 Minutes
^ 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 “step-motherly” treatment. Adequate steps were not being taken to teach the language at the school and college levels.^[6]

References

^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
^ Pandey, Anshuman (2015-11-04). "L2/15-234R: Proposal to encode the Dogra script" (PDF).
^ 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.
^ "Unicode 11.0.0". Unicode Consortium. June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
^ "Dogri script finds place on signposts at Jammu railway station". The Statesman. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2020-08-20.

[final-6] Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

[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.

[L215234-3] 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.

[8] "Dogri script finds place on signposts at Jammu railway station". The Statesman. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2020-08-20.

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