The Dogri script is a writing system originally used for writing the Dogri language in Jammu and Kashmir in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent.
History
The revival of the Dogra Akkhar script was supported by the order of Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir.
It is a modified version of the old Dogra Akkhar script, which in turn was a
Jammu division variant of the
Takri script.
Efforts of revival
Signboards in New Dogra Akkhar were erected at Jammu Tawi railway station.
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.
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:
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