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Dari is the official language for approximately 35 million people in Afghanistan [14] and it serves as the common language for inter-ethnic communication in the country. [ 15 ] As defined in the 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan , Dari is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan; the other is Pashto . [ 16 ]
Dari is the most widely spoken language of Afghanistan's official languages and acts as a lingua franca for the country. In 1980, other regional languages were granted official status in the regions where they are the language of the majority. [ 22 ]
The original meaning of the word dari is given in a notice attributed to Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ (cited by Ibn al-Nadim in Al-Fehrest). [16] According to him, "Pārsī was the language spoken by priests, scholars, and the like; it is the language of Fars." This language refers to the Middle Persian. [15]
Persian was displaced by Urdu in North India during the British colonial rule in India, though it remains in use in its native Iran (as Farsi), Afghanistan (as Dari) and Tajikistan (as Tajik). Urdu is currently the official language and lingua franca of Pakistan, and an officially recognized language for North Indian Muslims in the republic of ...
The language known as Zoroastrian Dari is also referred to as 'Behdinâni' ("language of the people of good religion") or pejorative name, 'Gabri' ("language of the infidels"). [2] The roots of the name 'Gabri' date back to the Muslim invasion of Iran and are resented by speakers of Dari to refer to their ethnolect.
Hazaragi is a member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family.It is an eastern variety of Persian and closely related to Dari, one of the two official Languages of Afghanistan.
The phonology of the Persian language varies between regional dialects and standard varieties.Persian is a pluricentric language and countries that have Persian as an official language have separate standard varieties, namely: Standard Dari (Afghanistan), Standard Iranian Persian and Standard Tajik (). [1]
Language First example sentence Second example sentence English (Germanic) This is a horse. We will go to Tokyo. Kashmiri (Dardic) Yi chu akh gur. Ạs' gatshav Tokiyo. Katë (Nuristani) Ina ušpa âsa. Imo Tokyo âćamo. Pashto (Iranian) Masculine: Dā yaw as day. / Feminine: Dā yawa aspa da. Mūng/Mūẓ̌ ba Ṭokyo ta/tar lāṛšū. Dari ...