Dogri language
| Dogri | |
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| डोगरी | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Jammu, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh |
Native speakers | 3 million |
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| Official status | |
Official language in | India |
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| ISO 639-2 | doi |
| 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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Speakers
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
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.