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,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.
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