Dogra (Unicode block)

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Short description: Unicode character block
Dogra
RangeU+11800..U+1184F
(80 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsDogra
Major alphabetsDogra
Assigned60 code points
Unused20 reserved code points
Unicode version history
11.060 (+60)
Note: [1][2]

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+11800–U+1184F, and contains 60 characters:

History

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

History of the Dogra block in Unicode
Version Final code points[lower-alpha 1] 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, Laurențiu (2015-11-01), 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), 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), Recommendations to UTC #152 July-August 2017 on Script Proposals 
L2/17-222 Moore, Lisa (2017-08-11), UTC #152 Minutes 
N4953 (pdf, doc) Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23 
L2/17-353 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), WG2 Consent Docket 
L2/17-362 Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), UTC #153 Minutes 
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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