ISO 639-3 · prsprs
Indo-European family
Dari
دری
Dari is a language of the Southwestern Iranian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Afghanistan. Wikidata counts 9.6 m first-language speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “dialect of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
prs- Glottocode
dari1249- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Wikipedia
- 101 language editions
9.6 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Dari · دری |
|---|---|
| Also called | Eastern Farsi, Eastern Persian, Afghan Persian, Afghan Farsi, Dari language |
| L1 speakers | 9,600,000 (2011) |
| Written in | Persian alphabet |
| Official in | Afghanistan |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Dari
The branches above Dari, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Afghanistan
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafepusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeuzbUzbekWestern Karluk · 27 mSafepbuNorthern PashtoIndo-European · 20.9 m4 · EducationaltgkTajikunclassified · 14 m1 · NationalpbtSouthern PashtoIndo-European · 10.9 m1 · NationaluigUyghurEastern Karluk · 10.4 m2 · ProvincialtukTurkmenTurkic · 7 m1 · National