The Dogri script, also known as the Dogra Akkhar script ( Dogri: नमें डोगरा अक्खर, ISO: ''Namēṁ Ḍōgrā Akkhar'', Dogri pronunciation: əmẽː ɖoːgɾaː əkːʱəɾ is a writing system originally used for writing the Dogri language in

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in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent.

History

Name Dogra Akkhar was created by the order of Maharaja Ranbir Singh of

. It is a modified version of the old Dogra Akkhar script, which in turn was a Jammu variant of the Takri script. Dogra

Efforts of revival

Signboards in Name Dogra Akkhar were erected at Jammu Tawi railway station. 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). The Unicode block is named ''Dogra'', at U+11800–U+1184F, and contains 60 characters:

References

External links

Dogri at Omniglot
{{list of writing systems Dogri language Brahmic scripts Sarada scripts Obsolete writing systems