Learn Dogri: Dogri alphabet chart and letters

Dogri is the language of the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, and is also spoken in the nearby hills of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. It is written in Devanagari, the script of Hindi.

Dogri vowels

Dogri	Written in English	Sounds like
अ	a	'a' as in 'about'
आ	ā (aa)	'a' as in 'father'
इ	i	'i' as in 'sit'
ई	ī (ee)	'ee' as in 'feet'
उ	u	'u' as in 'put'
ऊ	ū (oo)	'oo' as in 'pool'
ए	e	'e' as in 'they'
ऐ	ai	'ai' as in 'aisle'
ओ	o	'o' as in 'go'
औ	au	'ou' as in 'out'
अं	am / an	a nasal sound, as in 'hung' (anusvara)

Dogri consonants

कka
खkha
गga
घgha
ङṅa

चcha
छchha
जja
झjha
ञña

टṭa
ठṭha
डḍa
ढḍha
णṇa

तta
थtha
दda
धdha
नna

पpa
फpha
बba
भbha
मma

यya
रra
लla
वva

शsha
षṣha
सsa
हha

The dotted letters are said with the tongue curled back (ṭa, ḍa, ṇa). Dogri is a tonal language: the same word can mean different things said with a rising or falling pitch, which Devanagari marks only in part. It was once written in its own Dogra Akkhar script.

Vowel signs

After a consonant, each vowel is written as a sign joined to it. Here they are with क:

कka
काkā
किki
कीkī
कुku
कूkū
केke
कैkai
कोko
कौkau
कंkam

Everyday Dogri phrases

जै देयाjai deyāHello (the traditional Dogra greeting)
तुस कि'यां ओ?tus kiyāṁ o?How are you?
मैं ठीक आं, शुक्रिया।maiṁ ṭhīk āṁ, shukriyā.I am fine, thank you.
हां / नेईंhāṁ / neīṁYes / no

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