Dogri

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
dgo
Alternate Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
Population

2,280,000 (2001 census).

Location

Jammu and Kashmir, Udhampur, Reasi, Kathua, and Poonch districts.

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Language Status

4 (Educational). Statutory language of provincial identity in Jammu and Kashmir (1950, Constitution, Articles 345–347).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northern zone, Western Pahari
Dialects

Dogri speakers understand each other well. Some reported difficulty understanding Kangri [xnr]. Department of Dogri at Jammu University designated Samba as the standard dialect and published textbooks based on this variety. Lexical similarity: 78% between dialects; excluding the most divergent site, others more than 86%.

Typology

SOV

Language Use

Taught in government schools and as a subject in university. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Middle-aged and older speakers also use Urdu [urd]; Hindi [hin] is also used in school and shops; Panjabi [pan] also used in shops. Many know only rudimentary Hindi.

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 18%–19%. Young people are becoming literate in Dogri. Taught in primary and secondary schools. Radio programs. Films. NT: 1826.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Dogri
Writing
Arabic script, Nastaliq style, no longer in use. Devanagari script. Takri (Tankri, Takari) script, no longer in use.
Other Comments

Dogri formerly considered a Panjabi dialect, but now promoted as a written language in India. Dhogri is a Scheduled Caste in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab who speak Chambeali [cdh] in Himachal and Dogri in Punjab (Singh 1995). Hindu, Muslim.