Dogri language
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Native to | |
Region |
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Ethnicity | Dogras |
Native speakers | 1.6 million in India (2011)[1] |
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Official status | |
Official language in | Jammu and Kashmir, India[2] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | doi |
ISO 639-3 | doi – inclusive codeIndividual codes: dgo – Dogri properxnr – Kangri |
Glottolog | indo1311 |
Dogri (
Dogri is spoken by 2.6 million people in India (as of the 2011 census).
Script
Dogri was originally written in the old Dogra Akkhar script – a modified version of
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Retroflex | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n
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ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t̪
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ʈ | tʃ | k | |
aspirated | pʰ | t̪ʰ | ʈʰ | tʃʰ | kʰ | ||
voiced | b | d̪
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ɖ | dʒ | ɡ | ||
Fricative
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voiceless | (f) | s | ʃ | (x) | ||
voiced | (z) | (ɣ) | ɦ | ||||
Tap | ɾ | ɽ | |||||
Approximant
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ʋ | l
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j |
- Gemination occurs in all consonants except the consonants /ɾ ɳ ɽ ʃ/.
- Retroflex consonants /ɽ ɳ/ rarely occur in word initial position.
- /f z x ɣ/ only occur from Perso-Arabic loan words. /f/ is also heard as an allophone of /pʰ/.
- /ɾ/ can also marginally be heard as trilled [r] in some speech.
- In some words, /s/ can become more weakly pronounced, or even eliminated and replaced by a glottal fricative sound [h].
- A palatal nasal sound [ɲ] typically occurs when a dental nasal precedes a post-alveolar affricate consonant, rarely occurring in words word-initially or medially.
- A velar nasal sound [ŋ] typically occurs when a dental nasal precedes a velar plosive consonant, and rarely occurs word-initially or medially.[10]
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | iː | uː | |
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
Close-mid | eː | ə | oː |
Open-mid | ɛː | ɔː | |
Open | aː |
- There are nasalized variations of the following vowels /ĩ ũ ẽ õ ɛ̃ ɔ̃ ã/.[11]
- Vowel sounds are often nasalized when occurring before a word-medial or word-final /n/, except when /n/ occurs before a word-final vowel.
- /ʊ/ can have a marginal upgliding allophone [ʊᵛ] when occurring before a /a/ vowel sound.
- A word-final /aː/ is realized as a back sound [ɑː] and may also drift toward a centralized [äː] sound.[10]
Some common words
Name Dogra Akkhar
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Devanagari | Perso-Arabic | IPA | English translation |
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𑠪𑠬𑠷 | हां | ہاں | [ã̀ː] | Yes |
𑠝𑠳𑠃𑠷 | नेईं | نےئیں | [neːĩː] | No |
𑠪𑠭𑠤𑠋 | हिरख | ہرکھ | [ɪ̀ɾkʰ] | Love |
𑠊𑠝𑠹𑠝𑠴 | कन्नै | کنّے | [kənːɛː] | With |
𑠊𑠳𑠪𑠹 | केह् | کیہ | [kéː] | What |
𑠊𑠮 | की | کی | [kiː] | Why |
𑠌𑠬𑠩 | गास | گاس | [gaːs] | Sky |
𑠠'𑠤𑠬 | ब'रा | ب'را | [bə́ɾaː] | Years |
Tone rules
These are rules of writing tones in Dogri using Devanagari Script. They are as follows:-
- Just like Punjabi, Dogri also uses the letters घ (gʱə), झ (d͡ʒʱə), ढ (ɖʱə), ध (d̪ʱə), भ (bʱə) and ढ़ (ɽʱə) for tonal uses. When at the beginning of the word, it has a high-falling tone; i.e.:- घ (kə̂), झ (t͡ʃə̂), ढ (ʈə̂), ध (t̪ə̂), भ (pə̂) and ढ़ (ɽə̂). When in the middle and final position of the word, the preceding vowel has a low-rising tone; i.e.:- अघ (ə̌ɡ), अझ (ə̌d͡ʒ), अढ (ə̌ɖ), अध (ə̌d̪), अभ (ə̌b) and अढ़ (ə̌ɽ). Examples:- घड़ी (kə̂ɽiː)- clock, and बध (bə̌d̪).
- Unlike Punjabi, there is no ह (ɦə) sound and it has a high-falling tone in all positions; i.e.:- हत्थ (ə̂t̪ːʰə)- hand.
- To indicate a low-rising tone in the middle of words, Dogri uses ह् (ह with a halant) to indicate it when the preceding vowel is long; i.e.:- आ (aː), ई (iː), ऊ (uː), ए (eː), ऐ (ɛː), ओ (oː) and औ (ɔː). Example:- साह्ब (sǎːb)- sahab. When the preceding vowel is short, i.e., - अ (ə), इ (ɪ) and उ (ʊ); a combining apostrophe (ʼ) is used. Example:- लʼत्त (lə̌tː)- leg.
- The characters mentioned in the first point can also be used to indicate high-falling tone in the middle of the words when between a short vowel and a long vowel.
Some examples are shown below.
Name Dogra Akkhar
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Devanagari | Perso-Arabic | IPA | Tone | English translation |
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𑠌𑠥𑠹𑠥 | गल्ल | گلّ | [gəlːə] | Equal | Thing |
𑠌ʼ𑠥𑠹𑠥 | गʼल्ल | گʼلّ | [gə̌lːə] | Rising | Cheek |
𑠊𑠤 | कर | کر | [kəɾ] | Equal | Do |
𑠍𑠤 | घर | گھر | [kə̂ɾ] | Falling | Home |
Historical references
In the year 1317,
Theories on name origin
Intellectuals in the court of Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir described Duggar as a distorted form of the word Dwigarta, which means 'two troughs', a possible reference to the Mansar and Surinsar lakes.[14]
The linguist
Yet another proposal stems from the word Durgara, the name of a kingdom mentioned in an eleventh century copper-plate inscription in the Bhuri Singh Museum in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh.[citation needed] The word Durgara means 'invincible' in several Northern Indo-Aryan languages, and could be an allusion to the ruggedness of the terrain of Duggar and the historically militarised and autonomous Dogra societies.[citation needed]
In 1976, the experts attending the Language Session of the All India Oriental Conference held in Dharwad, Karnataka, could not reach consensus on the Dwigarta and Durgara hypotheses, but did manage agreement on a Doonger-Duggar connection. In a subsequent All India Oriental Conference held at Jaipur in 1982, the linguists agreed that the culture, language and history of Rajasthan and Duggar share some similarities. It was also suggested that the words Duggar and Dogra are common in some parts of Rajasthan. Specifically, it was asserted that areas with many forts are called Duggar, and their inhabitants are accordingly known as Dogras. The land of Duggar also has many forts, which may support the above opinion.
An article by Dharam Chand Prashant in the literary magazine Shiraza Dogri suggested that "the opinion that the word Duggar is a form of the word Duggarh sounds appropriate."[16]
Recent history
In modern times, a notable Dogri translation (in the New Dogra script) of the
Dogri has an established tradition of poetry, fiction and dramatic works. Recent poets range from the 18th-century Dogri poet Kavi Dattu (1725–1780) in Raja Ranjit Dev's court to Professor Ram Nath Shastri and Mrs. Padma Sachdev. Kavi Dattu is highly regarded for his Barah Massa (Twelve Months), Kamal Netra (Lotus Eyes), Bhup Bijog and Bir Bilas.[19] Shiraza Dogri is a Dogri literary periodical issued by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, which is a notable publisher of modern Dogri literary work, another being the Dogri Sanstha. Popular recent songs include Pala Shapaiya Dogariya, Manne di Mauj and Shhori Deya. The noted Pakistani singer Malika Pukhraj had roots in Duggar,[20] and her renditions of several Dogri songs continue to be popular in the region. Some devotional songs (bhajans) composed by Karan Singh have gained increasing popularity over time, including Kaun Kareyaan Teri Aarti.
Dogri programming features regularly on
Official recognition of the language has been gradual, but progressive. On 2 August 1969, the General Council of the
In 2005, a collection of over 100 works of prose and poetry in Dogri published over the last 50 years was made accessible online at the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore. This included works of eminent writer Dhinu Bhai Panth, Professor Madan Mohan Sharma, B.P. Sathai and Ram Nath Shastri.[24]
Sample text
The following text is from Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Dogri ( Name Dogra Akkhar script)
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𑠩𑠬𑠤𑠳 𑠢𑠝𑠯𑠊𑠹𑠋 𑠢𑠴𑠪𑠹𑠢𑠬 𑠙𑠳 𑠀𑠜𑠭𑠊𑠬𑠤𑠳𑠷 𑠛𑠳 𑠠𑠭𑠧𑠳 𑠏 𑠑𑠝𑠢𑠴 𑠚𑠢𑠬𑠷 𑠩𑠯𑠙𑠴𑠷𑠙𑠤 𑠙𑠳 𑠠𑠤𑠵𑠠𑠤 𑠝। 𑠄'𑠝𑠳𑠷𑠌𑠮 𑠠𑠯𑠛𑠹𑠜𑠭 𑠙𑠳 𑠑𑠢𑠮𑠤𑠴 𑠛𑠮 𑠛𑠳𑠝 𑠚𑠹𑠪𑠵𑠃 𑠇 𑠙𑠳 𑠄'𑠝𑠳𑠷𑠌𑠮 𑠁𑠞𑠰𑠷-𑠠𑠭𑠏𑠹𑠏𑠳𑠷 𑠡𑠬𑠃𑠏𑠬𑠤𑠳 𑠛𑠳 𑠡𑠬𑠦𑠴 𑠊𑠝𑠹𑠝𑠴 𑠠𑠹𑠣𑠪𑠬𑠤 𑠊𑠤𑠝𑠬 𑠥𑠵𑠫𑠛𑠬 𑠇। |
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Dogri (Devanagari script) | सारे मनुक्ख मैह्मा ते अधिकारें दे बिशे च जनमै थमां सुतैंतर ते बरोबर न। उ'नेंगी बुद्धि ते जमीरै दी देन थ्होई ऐ ते उ'नेंगी आपूं-बिच्चें भाईचारे दे भावै कन्नै ब्यहार करना लोड़दा ऐ। |
Dogri (Perso-Arabic script) | سارے منکّھ میہما تے ادھکاریں دے بشے چ جنمے تھماں ستیںتر تے بروبر ن۔ ا'نیںگی بدّھ تے جمیرے دی دین تھہوئی اے تے ا'نیںگی آپوں-بچّیں بھائیچارے دے بھاوے کنّے بیہار کرنا لوڑدا اے۔ |
Dogri transliteration (ISO 15919) | Sārē manukkha maihmā tē adhikārēṁ dē biśē ca janamai thamāṁ sutaintar tē barōbar na. U'nēṁgī buddhi tē jamīrai dī dēn thhōī ai tē u'nēṁgī āpūṁ-biccēṁ bhāīcārē dē bhāvai kannai byahār karanā lōṛadā ai. |
Dogri IPA | [saːɾeː mənʊkːʰə mɛ́ːmaː t̪eː əd̪ɪ̀kaːɾẽː d̪eː bɪʃeː ʧə ʤənəmɛː t̪ʰəmãː sut̪ɛːnt̪əɾ t̪eː bəɾoːbəɾ nə ‖ ʊ́nẽːgiː bʊ́d̪ːɪ t̪eː dʒəmiːɾɛː d̪iː d̪eːn t̪ʰòːiː ɛː t̪eː ʊ́nẽːgiː aːpũːbɪʧːẽː pàːiːʧaːɾeː d̪eː pàːvɛː kənːɛː bjəàːɾ kəɾənaː loːɽəd̪aː ɛː ‖] |
English translation | All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. |
See also
References
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- ^ Cultural Forum. India (Republic) Ministry of Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs. 1970. p. 24.
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Ghai, Ved Kumari (1991). Studies in Phonetics and Phonology: With Special Reference to Dogri. Ariana Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-85347-20-2.
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Jerath, Ashok (1988). Dogra Legends of Art & Culture. Indus Publishing. p. 236. ISBN 978-81-7387-082-8.
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"Lok Sabha passes bill recognising Dogri, 3 other languages". Daily Excelsior. Jammu and Kashmir. 23 December 2003. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
Dogri among other three languages has been included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution when Lok Sabha unanimously approved an amendment in the Constitution
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Tsui, Amy (2007). Language Policy, Culture, and Identity in Asian Contexts. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-8058-5694-1.
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Bibliography
- Gopal Haldar (2000). Languages of India. New Delhi: National Book Trust
External links
- The Dogri Language, article by Ved Kumari Ghai
- Dailyexcelsior.com, "One Hundredth Amendment," news report on the recognition of Dogri as a national language.
- Modifications to Devanagri to represent Dogri tones
- Pahari.org, Alami Pahari Adabi Sangat (Global Pahari Cultural Association)
- Dogri computing resources at TDIL (Devanagari Script)