What language is mainly spoken in Afghanistan?

The people of Afghanistan form a complex mosaic of ethnic and linguistic groups. Pashto and Persian (Dari), both Indo-European languages, are the official languages of the country. More than two-fifths of the population speak Pashto, the language of the Pashtuns, while about half speak some dialect of Persian.

What language is spoken in Iran today?

Persian, known to its native Iranian speakers as Farsi, is the official language of modern day Iran, parts of Afghanistan and the central Asian republic of Tajikistan. Persian is one of the most important members of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family of languages.

Which language family does Spanish belong to?

romance languages
Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese, and French belong to a language family known as the “romance languages.” Certain languages are related to each other.

Is Dari the same as Farsi?

Farsi and Dari are two dialects of the same language, mutually intelligible in written format, but very different when spoken. Formal Farsi and Dari are very similar, but differences in pronunciation and the use of certain words are more noticeable when they are spoken informally.

Is Dari similar to Farsi?

Farsi and Dari are two dialects of the same language, mutually intelligible in written format, but very different when spoken. Make sure you know if your audience speaks Farsi, Dari, or Tajik. Pashto is a different language than Dari and Farsi.

What is the difference between Tajik and Dari?

Now, you have to note that Tajik and Dari, even as official languages of the respected countries, are as a dialect form of the persian language /parsi or farsi/. What some of the other members wrote as an examples of the differencies in these “three” languages are actually colloquial forms of the persian language.

How similar are the Tajiki and Farsi languages?

From my experience the Tajiki, Farsi and Dari languages are very similar, just like Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. In written these languages looks pretty much the same and if you know one of the languages, you understand all of them – written.

What is the difference between Dari and Dari Persian?

“Parsi” is the name, means from Persia, and Dari means it belongs to the (Sassanid) kings court. It’s پارسیِ دری /paarsi-e dari/ : it means Dari Persian. “Dari Persian” is the complete name of the language. You may call it Persian or Dari. So there are no different languages called Dari or Persian. They are the same.

Are Tajik and Iranian Persian mutually intelligible?

Persian, Tajik and Dari are all dialects of the same language and yes, they are mutually intelligible. Differences between Iranian Persian and Dari: ē, ī, ō and ū are merged into “ī” and “ū” in Iranian Persian, but are still separate in Afghan Persian (or Dari).