Dari and Pashto are the two official languages of Afghanistan. Dari is often spoken as a lingua franca by those whose mother tongue is one of the minority Afghan languages. Dari is also spoken in Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan and other neighboring countries. Farsi is the official language of Iran.

Is Dari a form of Arabic?

Dari, Farsi, and Pashto are all Aryan (Iranian) languages belonging to the Indo-European language family. ... Dari, Farsi, and Pashto both use the Arabic Alphabet, but they are completely different from the Arabic language.

What language is Dari closest to?

Along with Pashto, Dari is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan. A member of the Northwestern Iranian language subfamily, Dari is closely related to languages such as Kurdish, Baluchi, and Gilaki. Dari is the Afghan dialect of Persian and as such is sometimes referred to as “Eastern Persian”.