Dari
Dari (Persie: دری Darī, pronoonced [dæˈɾi]) or Fārsī-ye Darī (Persie: فارسی دری, [fɒːɾsije dæˈɾi]) in historical terms refers tae the court leids o the Sassanids.[1] In contemporary usage, the term refers to the version of Persian language spoken in Afghanistan, and hence known as Afghan Persian in some Western sources.[2][3] It is the term offeecially recognized an promotit bi the Afghan government for the leid.[4]
As defined in the Constitution o Afghanistan, Dari is ane o the twa offeecial leids o Afghanistan. Spoken bi at least hauf o the population as first leid,[2] it an aa serves as the lingua franca in Afghanistan.[5] The Iranian an Afghan dialects o Persian are heichlie mutually intelligible. Differences are foond primarily in the vocabulary an phonology.
Dari, spoken in Afghanistan, shoud no be ramfeeselt wi Dari or Gabri o Iran, a leid o the Central Iranian sub-group, spoken in some Zoroastrian communities.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Frye, R.N., "Darī", The Encylcopaedia of Islam, Brill Publications, CD version
- ↑ a b CIA - The World Factbook, "Afghanistan", Updated on 8 July 2010
- ↑ Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: prs
- ↑ Lazard, G. "Darī - The New Persian Literary Language", in Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition 2006.
- ↑ Dari, UCLA Language Materials Project
- ↑ "Parsi-Dari" Ethnologue
- ↑ "Dari, Zoroastrian" Ethnologue
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