Dari Persian (Noun)
Meaning
An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Dari Persian is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan, alongside Pashto.
- The majority of the population in urban areas such as Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif speak Dari Persian as their primary language.
- Dari Persian is an Indo-European language closely related to Persian spoken in Iran and Tajikistan.
- Prior to the Soviet invasion of 1979, Dari Persian was the language of government and education in Afghanistan.
- In Afghanistan's multilingual society, Dari Persian serves as a lingua franca, widely understood and spoken across different ethnic groups.