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"Dari" is an abbreviation of the name Court Persian (''Fârsi-yi Dari''). The name Court Persian was used in old times to refer to the Standard form of Persian. Breaking of that name was made by a certain Pashtu King for some political reasons. So in fact he decided to change the name of the Persian language in Afghanistan and call it "Court". Persian is the major language of the country and is spoken in the northern and western parts including the capital Kabul in the east. Approximately 60% of the population of Afghanistan are native speakers, with bilingualism widespread. It is the primary language of the Tajik , Hazara , and Chahar Aimak peoples. The language serves as the means of communication between speakers of different languages in Afghanistan. The syntax of Afghanistan 's Persian does not differ greatly from Iran 's Persian, but the stress accent is less prominent in Afghanistan's Persian than in Iran's Persian. To mark attribution, spoken Afghan Persian uses the suffix ''-ra''. The vowel system also differs from that of Iranian Persian, to some degree. Some people don't consider ''Afghani Persian'' itself to be a dialect or a language. They consider it to be ''the written language'' (written Persian, with no dialects), while they consider Persian (locally: ''Fârsi'') the ''spoken language'' (spoken Persian, which has many different dialects). It is also believed by some that ''Dari'' should not be called ''Afghan Persian'', because:
This variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan is distinct from the language of the Zoroastrians who live in Yazd and Kerman , Iran, which is also called '' Dari '' (or ''Gabri''). Many speakers of Dari from Afghanistan, are also able to speak languages from neighbouring countries, such as Pakistan . EXTERNAL LINKS
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