Is Tajik a dialect of Persian? Or a language in its own right? What differentiates it from varieties prevalent in Afghanistan and Iran? There is no easy answer to these questions because the very ...

Afghanistan has two nationally recognized official languages: Pashto and Dari Persian. Dari Persian is the most common language, with 78% of people in Afghanistan able to speak the language. Pashto is ...

The Afghan constitution recognizes both Persian (Dari) and Pashto as the country’s official languages; in practice, however, there is less agreement on which of these two languages should be used on ...

The status of the Dari and Pashto languages has always been a sensitive issue in Afghanistan. Both Dari -- also called Farsi -- and Pashto belong to the Indo-European family of languages. Pashto is ...

These courses are offered at two levels, beginner and intermediate, taught by Saeed Safari, a distinguished professor of Persian language, Mehr reported on Friday. The Persian language courses for ...

A detail from the 17th century Kitāb-i Sangīt, or 'Book of Music', by Shaikh ‘Abd al-Karim dedicated to Muhammad ‘Adil Shah. | In public domain, via British Library The first early modern text to ...

The book which is appropriate for intermediate and upper-intermediate Persian learners, aims at familiarizing them with the Persian culture and proverbs with a simple method. It teaches the correct ...

The following is a partner post from EurasiaNet.org written by James Pickett. Republished with permission. Is Tajik a dialect of Persian? Or a language in its own right? What differentiates it from ...