Dogra (Unicode block)

Not to be confused with Takri script.
Dogra
RangeU+11800..U+1184F
(80 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsDogra
Major alphabetsDogra
Assigned60 code points
Unused20 reserved code points
Unicode version history
11.0 (2018)60 (+60)
Unicode documentation
Code chartโ€ƒโˆฃโ€ƒWeb page
Note: [1][2]
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Dogra is a Unicode block for the Dogri script (also known as Dogra Akkhar script), for writing the Dogri language in Jammu and Kashmir in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent.[3] The Takri script version of Jammu is known as Dogra Akkhar.[4]

Dogra script specimen

Unicode

The Dogra block was added to Unicode in June, 2018 with the release of version 11.0.[5]

The block is named Dogra, at U+11800โ€“U+1184F, and contains 60 characters:

Dogra[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+1180x ๐‘ € ๐‘  ๐‘ ‚ ๐‘ ƒ ๐‘ „ ๐‘ … ๐‘ † ๐‘ ‡ ๐‘ ˆ ๐‘ ‰ ๐‘ Š ๐‘ ‹ ๐‘ Œ ๐‘  ๐‘ Ž ๐‘ 
U+1181x ๐‘  ๐‘ ‘ ๐‘ ’ ๐‘ “ ๐‘ ” ๐‘ • ๐‘ – ๐‘ — ๐‘ ˜ ๐‘ ™ ๐‘ š ๐‘ › ๐‘ œ ๐‘  ๐‘ ž ๐‘ Ÿ
U+1182x ๐‘   ๐‘ ก ๐‘ ข ๐‘ ฃ ๐‘ ค ๐‘ ฅ ๐‘ ฆ ๐‘ ง ๐‘ จ ๐‘ ฉ ๐‘ ช ๐‘ ซ ๐‘ ฌ ๐‘ ญ ๐‘ ฎ ๐‘ ฏ
U+1183x ๐‘ ฐ ๐‘ ฑ ๐‘ ฒ ๐‘ ณ ๐‘ ด ๐‘ ต ๐‘ ถ ๐‘ ท ๐‘ ธ ๐‘ น ๐‘ บ ๐‘ ป
U+1184x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Dogra block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
11.0 U+11800..1183B 60 L2/15-213 Pandey, Anshuman (2015-07-30), Preliminary proposal to encode the Dogra script
L2/15-312 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurenศ›iu (2015-11-01), "1. Dogra", Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals
L2/15-234R Pandey, Anshuman (2015-11-04), Proposal to encode the Dogra script
L2/15-254 Moore, Lisa (2015-11-16), "D.5", UTC #145 Minutes
L2/17-201 N4862 A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2017-06-25), Proposal to encode the DOGRA VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RR
L2/17-255 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2017-07-28), "16. Dogra", Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-222 Moore, Lisa (2017-08-11), "D.14", UTC #152 Minutes
N4953 (pdf, doc) "M66.04", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23
L2/17-353 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "C. Dogra", WG2 Consent Docket
L2/17-362 Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C4", UTC #153 Minutes
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ^ Pandey, Anshuman (2015-11-04). "L2/15-234R: Proposal to encode the Dogra script" (PDF).
  4. ^ Ireland, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and (1834). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society.
  5. ^ "Unicode 11.0.0". Unicode Consortium. June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.