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Dari New Testament Hope and Good News (For Afghan Readers), May 30, 2011
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I have been to Afghanistan quite some time and Bibles are not easily available in Afghanistan. I especially bought it for a Christian Family Living in Afghanistan as Gift. Beautiful attractive Green Cover. Dari New Testament Hope and Good News (For Afghan Readers)
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Great Dari New Testament Hope and Good News, May 31, 2011
This review is from: Dari New Testament Hope and Good News (For Afghan Readers) (Paperback)
Dari, in historical terms refers to the Persian court language of the Sassanids. In contemporary usage, the term refers to the dialects of modern Persian language spoken in Afghanistan, and hence known as Afghan Persian in some Western sources. It is the term officially recognized and promoted in 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language. As defined in the Constitution of Afghanistan, it is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan; the other is Pashto. Dari is the most widely spoken language in Afghanistan and the mother-tongue of approximately 50% of the population, serving as the country's lingua franca. The Iranian and Afghan dialects of Persian are highly mutually intelligible, with differences found primarily in the vocabulary and phonology.
Dari, spoken in Afghanistan, should not be confused with Dari or Gabri of Iran, a language of the Central Iranian sub-group, spoken in some Zoroastrian communities.
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