Dari

Dari
Dari
دَرِیْ
Pronunciation	[dæˈɾi]
Native to	Afghanistan
Region	Central Asia, West Asia, South Asia
Native speakers	(Spoken by more than 27%, and understood by over 50% of Afghanistan population. Also spoken and understood by around 2.5 million people in Pakistan and Iran with communities who speak Dari as their primary language. cited 1992–2000); to 8–9 million
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Southwestern Iranian Persian Dari; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Kaboli, Mazari, Herati, Badakhshi, Panjshiri, Laghmani, Sistani, Aimaqi, Hazaragi
Writing system	Persian alphabet
Official status
Official language in	Afghanistan
Regulated by	Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; prs – Dari, Afghan Persian; aiq – Aimaq; haz – Hazaragi
Linguasphere	58-AAC-ce (Dari) + 58-AAC-cdo & cdp (Hazaragi) + 58-AAC-ck (Aimaq)
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Dari (Persian: دَرِیْ; Fārsī-ye Darī) is a dialect of the Persian language. It is the Persian language as spoken in Afghanistan. It is the second official language of Afghanistan,^[5] and is widely used by the government and most media agencies. It is mainly spoken by the Tajiks and other minority groups. A small minority also exists in parts of Pakistan closest to these named regions.^[6] It is sometimes called Farsi. People in Afghanistan and Iran who speak Persian can understand each other. The name Dari was given to the Persian language at a very early date.^[7]

Historically, Dari was the court language of the Sassanids.^[8]

Dari Media

Majority Dari Persian speaking regions of Afghanistan in green

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References

↑ Wahab, Shaista. Beginner's Dari (2006)Hippocrene Books. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7818-1139-2.
↑ Dari language, alphabet and pronunciationOmniglot.com. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
↑ Tajiks 5-6m; Hazaras 3-3.5 m; Aymāqs 3.5-4 m
↑ Iranica, "Afghanistan: v.Languages", Table 11. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
↑ Article Sixteen of the Constitution of Afghanistan (2004). Retrieved June 13, 2012.
↑ Ch. M. Kieffer, "AFGHANISTAN v. Languages", in Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition 2010, ([1] Archived 2010-12-08 at the Wayback Machine).
↑ G. Lazard, "DARĪ", in Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition 2010, ([2] Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine).
↑ Frye, R.N., "Darī", The Encylcopaedia of Islam, Brill Publications, CD version

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[1] Wahab, Shaista. Beginner's Dari (2006)Hippocrene Books. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7818-1139-2.

[Omniglot.com-2] Dari language, alphabet and pronunciationOmniglot.com. Retrieved 2012-08-26.

[3] Tajiks 5-6m; Hazaras 3-3.5 m; Aymāqs 3.5-4 m

[4] Iranica, "Afghanistan: v.Languages", Table 11. Retrieved 2013-03-08.

[AO-5] Article Sixteen of the Constitution of Afghanistan (2004). Retrieved June 13, 2012.

[Iranica2-6] Ch. M. Kieffer, "AFGHANISTAN v. Languages", in Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition 2010, ([1] Archived 2010-12-08 at the Wayback Machine).

[Iranica1-7] G. Lazard, "DARĪ", in Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition 2010, ([2] Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine).

[EI-8] Frye, R.N., "Darī", The Encylcopaedia of Islam, Brill Publications, CD version

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