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second phase · Language · prs · Iranian, Southwestern

دەری

دری · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Afghanistan; Afghan communities in Iran and abroad.

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prs · Arab · right to left · second phase

Language · prs · Iranian, Southwestern · second phase

دەری

دری · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Afghanistan; Afghan communities in Iran and abroad.

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ئیسە
ئەکادیمیا126 خول، هێمان هیچکام پەی ناونویسی ئاوەڵا نیەنشارستانی3 کەمپەین، 5 بەرنامەمیرات116 ڕۆژ پەی یاوەرکەردەی، 40 تۆمارێ مێژووییهەواڵەکێ88 سەرچاوەی پەسەندکریاگ، هێمان بۆنەی پشتڕاستکریاگ نیەنلقەکێپێک مەیۆ. هێمان هیچکام ناسیاگ نیەن
ScriptArabright to leftsecond phase
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Record

prs
دریDari · Arab
Code
prs
Family
Iranian, Southwestern
Where
Afghanistan; Afghan communities in Iran and abroad
Phase
second phase
ڕێژە
not yet measured
Codes are BCP 47 language and script subtags.

Courses that teach it

1 in the catalogue
Dari and Tajik bridgesIDCDC-PER-07 · Planned, outline not written yet
ئاوەڵا کەرە
Courses from the Academy catalogue; a course opens for enrolment one by one after review.
ئەکادیمیا

Writing

1 script

Its own names

دریdarī
right to left

نووسین

Arab
Persian alphabetا ب پ ت ث ج چ ح
32 letters

From one script to another

Persian to Latin, ALA-LC (2012)Letter by letter. Short vowels are not written in Persian, so a full romanisation needs them supplied from a dictionary. و and ی are read as consonants at the start of a word or beside a vowel letter, otherwise as long vowels.
Names in the language's own writing; each sample keeps its direction.
All scripts

Resources

1 resource
Glottolog: Darireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
پشتڕاستکریاگ
Each resource shows whether its link was checked. A resource without a checked link is labelled to verify.

Linguistics

family, dialects, sounds and standing
Family
Indo-European, then Classical Indo-European, then Indo-Iranian, then Iranian-Nuristani, then Iranian, then Southwestern Iranian, then Middle-Modern Persian, then Modern Southwestern Iranian, then Farsic-Caucasian Tat, then Farsic, then Eastern Farsic
Codes
ISO 639-3 prs · macrolanguage fas · Glottolog dari1249
Dialects
Dari: Nuclear Dari, Parsiwan (2 listed in all)
Standing
Dari: not endangered (1 (National)) دووەم
Eastern Farsic
پشتڕاستکریاگ
پشتڕاست کەرە، سەرچاوەیێ زیاد کەرە یان ڕاپۆرت بدە
یارمەتی بدە ئی بەهایە تاقی بکریۆ

دماتەر چێش مەبۆ. چاودێرێ تێبینییەکەت مەوانۆوە و سەرچاوەکە تاقی مەکەرۆ. پەڕەکە تەنیا دماو ئانەی مەگۆڕیۆ. ناوت نمەبریۆ.

Dari and Persian

Dari is the name of Persian in Afghanistan. Many speakers and linguists treat it as a standard of one Persian language. Glottolog and ISO 639-3 list it as a separate language (prs).

to verify · Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.; Windfuhr (ed.). The Iranian Languages. Routledge.

In law

The 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan (Article 16) names Pashto and Dari as the official languages of the state.Constitute Project. Constitutions of the world, English translations.
پشتڕاستکریاگ

Speakers

نەزانیاگ
پێوەر
speakers
ساڵ
تۆمار نەکریان
سەرچاوە
هێمان سەرچاوە نیەن. نەزانیاگ نیشان مەدەیمێ، نە خەمڵنای.
دۆخ
نەزانیاگ
پشتڕاست کەرە، سەرچاوەیێ زیاد کەرە یان ڕاپۆرت بدە
یارمەتی بدە ئی بەهایە تاقی بکریۆ

دماتەر چێش مەبۆ. چاودێرێ تێبینییەکەت مەوانۆوە و سەرچاوەکە تاقی مەکەرۆ. پەڕەکە تەنیا دماو ئانەی مەگۆڕیۆ. ناوت نمەبریۆ.

No speaker figure has been verified for this platform yet. It stays unknown until a census or survey figure is checked with its measure, year and source.

Classification and standing from the sources named on each line. Where views differ, each view is shown with its sources.

مسە

1 course
1
Dari and Tajik bridgesIDCDC-PER-07 · Planned, outline not written yet
A course opens after its outline is reviewed. Until then it is listed with its state.
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  • نەزانیاگهێمان سەرچاوە نیەن. نەزانیاگ نیشان مەدەیمێ، نە خەمڵنای.
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