Dogri language

Dogri
𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠮
Native to	India, Pakistan
Region	Jammu, Kashmir] Himachal pradesh
Native speakers	3 million
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Pahari Dogri
Writing system	Takri and Devanagari (official)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	doi
ISO 639-3	–

Dogri (𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠮 ) is an independent language of brave Dogras of jammu region . Dogri speakers are predominantly in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, India, with smaller groups of speakers in adjoining regions of western Himachal Pradesh, northern Punjab states of India, Dogri is also spoken in Pakistani Punjab Province.

Speakers

It is spoken by about two million people in Jammu Kashmir region in India 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.