Dari (Eastern Persian)

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/dari-eastern-persian

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1. What is the language family classification?Indo-Iranian, Western Iranian branch
2. What is the primary geographic distribution?Afghanistan, with significant diaspora populations in neighboring countries and globally
3. What is Dari and where is it spoken?Dari is an Eastern Persian language spoken by millions in Afghanistan. It is one of the country’s two official languages.
4. How did Dari develop over time?Dari grew from Old Persian and Middle Persian, and was shaped by influences from Turkic, Arabic, and other regional languages. The Samanid Empire helped standardize it.

Lingua Franca: A common language used by speakers of different native languages to communicate.
Lexicon: The vocabulary of a language or a branch of knowledge.
Phonology: The study of speech sounds and their patterns in a language.