Do Afghan people understand Urdu?

Actually most Afghans have been lived in Pakistan and Pakistan is the neighbor country to Afghanistan so there is a big part of Afgans understand Urdu language and can speak, write and read. Yes with a caveat. Urdu was originally derived from Persian and still shares about 70\% of its vocabulary with Persian.

Do Afghans and Pakistanis speak the same language?

Depending on which source you consult, there are two or three main dialect groups: Northern Pashto, spoken in Pakistan. Southern Pashto, spoken in Afghanistan. Central Pashto, spoken in Pakistan.

Is Urdu the same as Dari?

Dari is the name given to Farsi language in Afghanistan. Hindustani is the language spoken in Pakistan and India and in it’s literary form it is either Urdu or Hindi. The Hindustani with Persian and Arabic words and written in Persian script is known as Urdu.

How are Dari and Pashto similar?

Pashto is a different language than Dari and Farsi. Native Pashto speakers often learn Dari, but few Dari speakers have a good command of Pashto. Formal Farsi and Dari are very similar, but differences in pronunciation and the use of certain words are more noticeable when they are spoken informally.

Do Pashto speakers understand Dari?

Speakers of Pashto and Dari may not understand each other unless they are exposed to it. However, they share the same alphabet, some words, geography, and culture. Most Pashto native speakers in these cities speak Dari as a second language, but very few Dari native speakers may speak Pashto as their second language.

Do most Afghans understand Urdu?

Actually most Afghans have been lived in Pakistan and Pakistan is the neighbor country to Afghanistan so there is a big part of Afgans understand Urdu language and can speak, write and read. Yes with a caveat. Urdu was originally derived from Persian and still shares about 70\% of its vocabulary with Persian.

Can Pakistani Pashtuns understand Dari language?

No.Pakistani pashtuns can not speak or understand Dari language. Dari is not spoken in any part of country by native people. There are some afghan refugees who speak it with family and there might be few pashtuns of afghan origin who can understand it but their younger generation who brought up here are clueless about Dari.

Do any Afghan people speak Punjabi or Urdu?

You will rarely find any Afghan speaking Punjabi, unless it’s someone who lived in Indian or Pakistan Punjab. As for Urdu, I don’t think it should really be called a language. It’s simply an impure form of Hindi, very much like Pindi (Punjabi+Hindi) or Hinglish (Hindi with lots of English mixed).

Are Hindustani and Urdu mutually intelligible with Farsi?

Hindi and Urdu are NOT mutually intelligible with Farsi at all, especially the common colloquial spoken in Iran. I can’t really speak much for Dari, but the borrowed Farsi words you see in Urdu and Hindustani seem to come from Afghan Dari.