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Languages of Afghanistan
Afghanistan
is a multilingual country in which two languages –
Pashto
and
Dari
– are both
official
and most widely spoken. Dari is the official name of the
Persian language
in Afghanistan, it is often referred to as the
Afghan Persian
. Both Pashto and Persian are
Indo-European languages
from the
Iranian languages
sub-family. Other regional languages, such as
Uzbek
,
Turkmen
,
Balochi
,
Pashayi
and
Nuristani
are spoken by minority groups across the country.
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