Dari is a variety of Persian (Farsi) that is spoken in Afghanistan, where it holds an official status alongside Pashto. It is related to Tajik, a variety of Persian spoken in Tajikistan. These three varieties are all mutually intelligible.
Dari
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Classification
Indo-European > Iranian
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Speakers
5 million
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Script
Persian
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Text direction
Right-to-left
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Official language
Afghanistan
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Other names
Afghan Persian, Farsi
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Also spoken
Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan and other neighbouring countries.
Dari
Native speakers of Dari usually refer to their language as Farsi although the government of Afghanistan promotes the use of Dari for political reasons. Alongside other Iranian languages, Dari is member of the Indo-European language group, which also includes other branches such as Celtic, Germanic, Balto-Slavic and Indo-Aryan.
It should not be confused with the Dari of Iran, which is a different language.
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Interesting fact
Dari belongs to the Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family.
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