Is Dari a Turkic language?
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Is Dari a Turkic language?
The Hazaras speak their own dialect of Dari. The Turkic languages, spoken by 11\% of the population, include Uzbek and Turkmen, and the Nuristanis speak some seven different dialects belonging to the Dardic linguistic group.
Are Dari and Persian the same?
Farsi and Dari are two dialects of the same language, mutually intelligible in written format, but very different when spoken. 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.
Where did Dari originate from?
Afghanistan
| Dari | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Afghanistan |
| Native speakers | 20.5 million (2000–2011) Official language of 35 million Afghan population |
| Language family | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Southwestern Iranian Persian Dari |
| Dialects | Kaboli Mazari Herati Logari Badakhshi Panjshiri Laghmani Sistani Aimaqi Hazaragi |
Is Dari a Persian language?
Dari language, member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages and, along with Pashto, one of the two official languages of Afghanistan. Dari is the Afghan dialect of Farsi (Persian). It is written in a modified Arabic alphabet, and it has many Arabic and Persian loanwords.
Why do Azerbaijanis in Iran still call their language Turkish?
So, even though our language is officially different from ‘Istanbul’ Turkish, the Azerbaijanis in Iran still call it Turkish. But Iranian Azerbaijanis are affected more powerfully by the Turkish language in their speech, while in writing they are more influenced by the Azerbaijani literary language.
How similar is Azerbaijani Turkic to Istanbul Turkish?
Only Turkmen is considered East Oghuz branch of Turkic language family. But question can be rephrased as “How similar is Azerbaijani Turkic to Istanbul Turkish” – because there are some areas of Turkey like Erzurum or Kars, their Turkish language is practically no different that Azerbaijani, just called differently for political reasons.
What is the difference between the Turkish and Persian languages?
For the language, gramatically they are different but in terms of vocabulary there are a lot of similar and same words. We can say that 1/3 of the Turkish vocabulary is derived from Persian. In terms of culture and believe, there are many similarities. ı can say that Perisan is closer to Turkish than Arabic.
Are Azerbaijani and Turkish mutually intelligible?
I would say Azerbaijani and Turkish is mutually intelligible. Both languages are the part of same language family – Turkic language family, and both languages are in Oghuz branch (specifically West Oghuz branch). Only Turkmen is considered East Oghuz branch of Turkic language family.