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Dogri language

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Dogri
डोगरी
Native toIndia
RegionJammu, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh
Native speakers
3 million
Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-2doi
ISO 639-3

Dogri (डोगरी) is an Indo-Aryan language, spoken by the Dogra people of the Jammu region in India. Smaller groups of speakers live in adjoining regions of western Himachal Pradesh.

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Constitutionally recognised languages of India
Category
Scheduled Languages

A
Assamese
B
Bengali
Bodo
D
Dogri
G
Gujarati
H
Hindi
K
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
M
Maithili
Malayalam
Marathi
Meitei (Manipuri)
N
Nepali
O
Odia (Oriya)
P
Punjabi
S
Sanskrit
Santali
Sindhi
T
Tamil
Telugu
U
Urdu

Related

Official languages of India
Languages with official status in India

Speakers

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It is spoken by about two million people in Jammu Kashmir region in India, chiefly in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, but also in northern Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, other parts of Kashmir, and elsewhere. Dogri speakers are called Dogras, and the Dogri-speaking region is called Duggar.

Language profile

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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.

References

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