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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › DariDari - Wikipedia

    In Afghanistan, Dari refers to a modern dialect form of Persian that is the standard language used in administration, government, radio, television, and print media. Because of a preponderance of Dari native speakers, who normally refer to the language as Farsi ( فارسی, "Persian"), it is also known as "Afghan Persian" in some Western sources.

  2. The total number of Dari speakers is about 12.5 million [ source ]. Dari is known as دری (Darī), فارسی دری (Fārsī-ye Darī) or Afghan Persian. It is mutually intelligible with Persian (Farsi) of Iran, though there are some differences in pronunciation and grammar. Dari is written with a version of the Perso-Arabic script.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Old_PersianOld Persian - Wikipedia

    Old Persian is one of two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of the Sasanian Empire ). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native speakers as ariya (Iranian). [1] [2] Old Persian is close to both Avestan and the language of the Rig Veda, the ...

  4. www.wikiwand.com › simple › DariDari - Wikiwand

    Dari is a dialect of the Persian language. It is the Persian language as spoken in Afghanistan. It is the second official language of Afghanistan, 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. It is sometimes called Farsi. People in ...

  5. Name of the language. In Afghanistan Persian is known as Dari (درى) or Dari-Persian, while in Tajikistan it's known as Tajiki (Тоҷики / تاجيكى).. Under Mongolian and Turkish rulers, Persian was adopted as the language of government in Turkey, central Asia and India, where it was used for centuries, and until after 1900 in Kashmir.

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