Dogri language

Dogri
Dogri
डोगरी · 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠮 · ڈوگری
	The word Dogri in the Devanagari, Dogra, and Nastaʿlīq scripts.
Pronunciation	[ɖoːɡ.ɾiː]
Native to	India; Pakistan;
Region	Jammu division; Western Himachal Pradesh; Punjab;
Ethnicity	Dogras
Native speakers	2.6 million in India (2011)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northern Western Pahari Dogri; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Dogra script; Devanagari; Nastaliq; Mahajani (historically);
Official status
Official language in	India Jammu and Kashmir;
Language codes
ISO 639-2	doi
ISO 639-3	doi – inclusive code; Individual codes:; dgo – Dogri proper; xnr – Kangri
Glottolog	indo1311
	Major Indo-Aryan languages (The Dogra language in the northern of punjabi - marked in purple-blue area)

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Dogri (डोगरी, 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠮, ڈوگری, Ḍōgrī, [ɖoːɡ.ɾiː]) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Western Pahari group,^[5] primarily spoken by the Dogra people native to the Jammu region of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir; with smaller groups of speakers in the adjoining regions of the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab,^[6] as well as Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and the Pakistani province of Punjab.^[7]

It is currently spoken in the districts of Kathua, Jammu, Samba, Udhampur, Reasi and other adjoining districts of Jammu division.^[3] Unusually for an Indo-European language, Dogri is tonal,^[8] a trait it shares with other Western Pahari languages and Punjabi. It has several varieties, all with greater than 80% lexical similarity.^[9]

Dogri is spoken by 2.6 million people in India (as of the 2011 census).^[3] It has been among the country's 22 scheduled languages since 2003. It is also one of the five official languages of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

^ "Dogri". Ethnologue. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Dogri". Ethnologue. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. "C-16: Population by mother tongue, India – 2011". Retrieved 16 November 2022.
^ "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020". prsindia. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ Masica, Colin P. (1993). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Cambridge University Press. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-521-29944-2.
^ "Dogri". Ethnologue. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ Cultural Forum. India (Republic) Ministry of Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs. 1970. p. 24.
^ Ghai, Ved Kumari (1991). Studies in Phonetics and Phonology: With Special Reference to Dogri. Ariana Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-85347-20-2.
^ Brightbill, Jeremy D.; Turner, Scott B. (2007). "A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Dogri Language, Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). SIL International. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

[1] "Dogri". Ethnologue. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[2] "Dogri". Ethnologue. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[census2011-3] Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. "C-16: Population by mother tongue, India – 2011". Retrieved 16 November 2022.

[4] "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020". prsindia. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[book004-5] Masica, Colin P. (1993). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Cambridge University Press. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-521-29944-2.

[6] "Dogri". Ethnologue. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[7] Cultural Forum. India (Republic) Ministry of Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs. 1970. p. 24.

[book005-8] Ghai, Ved Kumari (1991). Studies in Phonetics and Phonology: With Special Reference to Dogri. Ariana Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-85347-20-2.

[9] Brightbill, Jeremy D.; Turner, Scott B. (2007). "A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Dogri Language, Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). SIL International. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

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