Dari |
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Pronunciation | [dæˈɾi] |
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Native to | Afghanistan |
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Region | Central Asia, West Asia, South Asia |
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Native speakers | (Spoken by more than 27%, and understood by over 50% of Afghanistan population. Also spoken and understood by around 2.5 million people in Pakistan and Iran with communities who speak Dari as their primary language. cited 1992–2000) to 8–9 million |
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Language family | |
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Dialects | Kaboli, Mazari, Herati, Badakhshi, Panjshiri, Laghmani, Sistani, Aimaqi, Hazaragi |
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Writing system | Persian alphabet |
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Official language in | Afghanistan |
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Regulated by | Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan |
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ISO 639-3 | Variously: prs – Dari, Afghan Persian aiq – Aimaq haz – Hazaragi |
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Linguasphere | 58-AAC-ce (Dari) + 58-AAC-cdo & cdp (Hazaragi) + 58-AAC-ck (Aimaq) |
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