Dari
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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 tae the version o Persie leid spoken in Afghanistan, an hence kent as Afghan Persian in some Western soorces.[2][3] It is the term offeecially recognised an promotit bi the Afghan govrenment 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]