Dari

Dari (Dari: دری dari‎ [dæˈɾiː]) or Dari Persian (Dari: فارسی دری fārsi dari‎ [fɒːɾsije dæˈɾiː]) is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan.[9] Dari is the term officially recognized and promoted since 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language.[9] Hence, it is also known as Afghan Persian in many Western sources.[2][10]

What is Dari?

Dari is a form of Persian spoken in Afghanistan. It is one of the two official languages of the country, along with Pashto. Dari is also spoken in other parts of Central Asia, including Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.

Dari belongs to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family. It is written in the Perso-Arabic script and has many loanwords from Arabic and Turkish. Dari is mutually intelligible with other forms of Persian, such as Tajiki and Farsi.