Dogri Language

Dogri Language Latest News

In recent years, growing concern has emerged over the gradual decline of the Dogri language in the Jammu region.

About Dogri Language

• It is an Indo-Aryan language, part of the larger Indo-European family of languages.
• It is spoken in India, chiefly in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir. 
• It is also spoken in the state of Himachal Pradesh and in northern Punjab, other parts of Jammu and Kashmir, and elsewhere.
• The earliest written reference to Dogri (using the paleonym Duggar) is found in the Nuh sipihr (“The Nine Heavens”), written by the poet Amir Khosrow in 1317 CE.
• It has its origin in the old Indo-Aryan language, i.e., language of the Vedas and Laukik Sanskrit. 
  • Like other modern Indo-Aryan languages, Dogri has also passed through Old Indo-Aryan (Sanskrit) and Middle Indo-Aryan (Pali, Prakrit, and Apabhramsha) stages of development and entered the modern Indo-Aryan stage around the 10th century A.D. 
  • Hence, it shows its three-fold process of development of its sound structure, expressing its affinity with Shaurseni Prakrit.
• Initially written in the Takri script, Dogri now uses the Devanagari script, which is also utilized by several other Indian languages.

Source: TH

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