Alternate Names: Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
Dialects: Dogri speakers understand each other well. Some reported difficulty understanding Kangri ,. Department of Dogri at Jammu University designated Samba as the standard dialect and published textbooks based on this variety. Lexical similarity: 78% between dialects; excluding the most divergent site, others more than 86%. A member of macrolanguage Dogri ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,280,000 (2001 census).
Language Use: Taught in government schools and as a subject in university. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Panjabi [pan] also used in shops. Hindi [hin] is also used in school and shops. Many know only rudimentary Hindi. Middle-aged and older speakers also use Urdu [urd]. Used as L2 by Gujari [gju].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 18%–19%. Young people are becoming literate in Dogri. Taught in primary and secondary schools. Radio programs. Films. NT: 1826.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Devanagari
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Dogri formerly considered a Panjabi dialect, but now promoted as a written language in India. Dhogri is a Scheduled Caste in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab who speak Chambeali , in Himachal and Dogri in Punjab (Singh 1995). Hindu, Muslim.