Dogri language

Dogri
डोगरी ڈوگرى ḍogrī
Native to	India, Pakistan
Region	Jammu, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
Native speakers	2 million
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northern Zone Dogri
Writing system	Devanagari, Takri, Perso-Arabic script
Language codes
ISO 639-2	doi
ISO 639-3	Variously: doi – Dogri (generic) dgo – Dogri (specific) xnr – Kangri

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Dialects of Punjabi

Dogri (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. 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.