Eastern Persian
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Eastern Persian is a major variety of the Persian language spoken primarily in Afghanistan and surrounding regions, often referred to as Dari.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afghan national language
ⓘ
New Persian variety ⓘ standard language ⓘ variety of Persian language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Afghan Persian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dari NERFINISHED ⓘ Dari Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern New Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Tajik Persian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | dari1249 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Herati dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kabuli Dari NERFINISHED ⓘ Mazari dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pashto NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinct pronunciation of certain long vowels compared to Western Persian
ⓘ
retention of /w/ sound where Western Persian has /v/ ⓘ |
| hasScriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
lingua franca of Afghanistan
ⓘ
official language of Afghanistan ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopment | developed from Classical Persian ⓘ |
| ISOCode | prs ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Tajik
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialStatusIn | Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Persian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Afghanistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pakistan (Afghan communities) ⓘ Tajikistan (in some communities) NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatesOrStandardizes | Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardFormOf | Persian in Afghanistan ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Indo-Iranian language
ⓘ
Iranian language ⓘ Western Iranian language ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup |
Aimaqs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hazaras NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajiks of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ many urban Pashtuns in Afghanistan ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Afghan education system
ⓘ
Afghan government administration ⓘ Afghan literature ⓘ Afghan media ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Nastaliq script NERFINISHED ⓘ Perso-Arabic script ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.