Persian Dialects of Afghanistan - Dari, Hazaragi Language, Bukhori Language, Aimaq Dialect, Barbari (Paperback)

Chapters: Dari, Hazaragi Language, Bukhori Language, Aimaq Dialect, Barbari. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Regional and social varieties: Grammar: Language features: Writing systems: Dari (Persian: Dar, pronounced ) or Dari Persian (Persian: - Frsy e Dar, ), also known as Eastern Persian, is a historical name for the Persian language and, in contemporary usage refers to the dialects of the Persian language that are spoken in Afghanistan. It is the term officially recognized and promoted by the Afghan government for the language. As defined in the Constitution of Afghanistan, Dari is one of two official and national languages of Afghanistan. Dari, spoken by over 50% of the population as first language, also serves as the lingua franca in Afghanistan. Western and Eastern Persian are highly mutually intelligible. Differences are found primarily in the vocabulary and phonology. There are different opinions about the origin of the word Dari. The majority of scholars believe that Dari refers to the Persian word darbr (), meaning "Court," as it was the formal language of the Sassanids. This opinion is supported by medieval sources and early Islamic historians. In Afghanistan Dari Persian ("Frsi e Dari") is also simply called Persian ("Frsi"). It is not to be confused with Dari or Gabri of Iran, a language of the Central Iranian sub-group, spoken in some Zoroastrian communities. Iranian languages have been and are still widely used in Central Asia both by native speakers and as trade languages. Whereas in the past East Iranian languages, such as Bactrian, Sogdian and Khotanese, and West Iranian languages, notably Parthian and Middle Persian were prominent, New Persian has supplanted most of these languages. Only in the Pamir Mountains there are still ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=3970