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{{Infobox Language
|name=Dogri
|nativename=डोगरी  ڈوگرى  {{IAST|ḍogrī}}
|states=[[India]], [[Pakistan]]
|region=[[Jammu]], [[Kashmir]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Punjab region|Punjab]]
|speakers=2 million
|familycolor=Indo-European
|fam2=[[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
|fam3=[[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
|fam4=Northern Zone
|script=[[Devanagari]], [[Takri script|Takri]], [[Arabic alphabet|Perso-Arabic script]]
|iso2=doi
|lc1=doi|ld1=Dogri (generic)
|lc2=dgo|ld2=Dogri (specific)
|lc3=xnr|ld3=Kangri|notice=Indic}}
[[File:Dialects Of Punjabi.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Dialects of Punjabi]]
Dogri ({{lang|doi|ڈوگرى}}) is an Indo-Aryan Language.Although formerly treated as a Punjabi dialect, Dogri is now considered to be a member of the Western Pahari group of languages. 
==Speakers==
It is spoken by about two million people in Jammu Kashmir region and [[Pakistan]], chiefly in the Jammu region of [[Jammu and Kashmir]], but also in northern Punjab, [[Himachal Pradesh]], other parts of Indian controlled Kashmir, and elsewhere. Dogri speakers are called Dogras, and the Dogri-speaking region is called Duggar. 
==Language profile==
Dogri is a member of the Western Pahari Group of languages. The language is referred to as Pahari (पहाड़ी ) in the [[PUNJAB|Pakistan's Punjab provincial region]] and [[Pakistan-administered Kashmir]]. Unusually for an Indo-European language, Dogri is tonal, a trait it shares with other Western Pahari languages and Punjabi, of whom it is considered as a dialect.


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[[Category:Punjabi language]]
[[Category:Languages of India]]
[[Category:Languages of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Languages of Pakistan]]