Dogri

Dogri
डोगरी ڈوگرى ḍogrī
Native to	India, Pakistan
Region	Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Gurdaspur/Pathankot Punjab
Native speakers	4.0 million (1996 – 2001 census)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western Western Pahari (Dogri–Kangri) Dogri
Writing system	Devanagari, Perso-Arabic script Formerly Takri, Gurmukhi
Official status
Official language in	India
Language codes
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3	– inclusive code Individual codes: dgo – Dogri proper xnr – Kangri
Glottolog	indo1311

Dogri (डोगरी or ڈوگرى) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about five million people in India and Pakistan, chiefly in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, but also in northern Punjab, other parts of Jammu and Kashmir, and elsewhere. Dogri speakers are called Dogras, and the Dogri-speaking region is called Duggar. Although formerly treated as a Punjabi dialect, Dogri is now considered to be a member of the Western Pahari group of languages. The language is referred to as Pahari (पहाड़ी or پہاڑی) in Pakistan. Unusually for an Indo-European language, Dogri is tonal, a trait it shares with other Western Pahari languages and Punjabi.

Dogri has several varieties, all with greater than 80% lexical similarity (within Jammu and Kashmir). Per the Census of India, Dogri is classified as one of the many varieties of Punjabi, such as Majhi or Doabi.