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{{Short description|Variety of the Persian language spoken in
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As defined in the [[2004 Constitution of Afghanistan]], Dari (or Farsi) is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan; the other is [[Pashto]].<ref name="CAL">{{cite web|url=http://www.cal.org/co/afghan/alang.html|title=The Afghans – Language Use|access-date=24 October 2010|publisher=Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)|location=United States|date=30 June 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504071911/http://www.cal.org/co/afghan/alang.html|archive-date=4 May 2011}}</ref> Dari is the most widely spoken language in Afghanistan and the [[first language|native language]] of approximately 25–55%<ref name="CIA" /><ref name="AFGHANISTAN v. Languages">{{cite web |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/afghanistan-v-languages |title=Afghanistan v. Languages |quote=Persian (2) is the most spoken languages in Afghanistan. The native tongue of twenty five percent of the population ... |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]], online ed. |work=Ch. M. Kieffer |access-date=10 December 2010 |archive-date=29 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429162829/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/afghanistan-v-languages |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="UCLA">{{cite web |url=http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=191&menu=004 |title=Dari |publisher=[[University of California, Los Angeles]] |work=UCLA International Institute: Center for World Languages |access-date=10 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605045226/http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=191&menu=004 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2098.html?countryName=Afghanistan&countryCode=af®ionCode=sas&#af|title=The World Factbook|date=2013-10-15|access-date=2020-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015094344/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2098.html?countryName=Afghanistan&countryCode=af®ionCode=sas&#af|archive-date=15 October 2013}}</ref> of the [[demography of Afghanistan|population]].<ref name="UCLA" /> Dari serves as the [[lingua franca]] of the country and is understood by up to 78% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/afghanistan|title=South Asia :: Afghanistan – The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=2021-07-02|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126065551/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/afghanistan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Dari served as the preferred literary and administrative language among non-native speakers, such as the Turco-Mongol peoples including the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mughal world and literature |url=http://www.laits.utexas.edu/doherty/mughalworld.html |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=www.laits.utexas.edu}}</ref>
== Etymology ==
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