Dogri

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Dogri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Jammu region of India and surrounding areas, recognized as one of the official languages of India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language
addedToEighthScheduleYear 2003
belongsToBranch Northern Indo-Aryan languages
closelyRelatedTo Kangri
Northern Indo-Aryan languages
surface form: Pahari languages

Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
country India
ethnologueCode doi
hasDialects various regional varieties in Jammu region
hasGlottocode dogr1250
hasLiteraryTradition yes
hasNativeName ڈوگری
डोगरी
Ḍogrī
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate about 2 million
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts similar to Punjabi
ISO639-1Code doi
ISO639-2Code doi
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languageFamily Indo-Aryan
linguisticTypology SOV word order
fusional morphology
officialStatusIn Himachal Pradesh
India
Jammu and Kashmir
partOf Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
recognizedAs scheduled language of India
recognizedBy Government of India
recognizedYear 2003
region Jammu
Jammu Division
scriptHistoricallyUsed Sharada script
surface form: Dogra Akkhar script
spokenIn Azad Jammu and Kashmir
surface form: Azad Kashmir

Himachal Pradesh
India
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu
surface form: Jammu region

Pakistan
Punjab
surface form: Punjab, India

northern India
subfamily Garhwali
surface form: Western Pahari languages
usedFor education
folk songs
literature
radio broadcasting
writingSystem Devanagari script
Perso-Arabic script
Takri script

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