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Dari Language
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Lexicon and Terminology
The lexicon of Dari reflects centuries of contact with neighboring languages, notably Turkic languages, Arabic (due to religious and historical influence), and significant borrowing from regional Indic languages.
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Indo Iranian Languages
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The Indo-Iranian languages constitute the easternmost branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken primarily across the Iranian Plateau, the Indian subcontinent, and parts of Central Asia. This grouping is traditionally subdivided into the Indo-Aryan languages (or Indic languages) and the Iranian languages, representing a vast co…
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Romanization Standards
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The initial impulse for Romanization arose during the Age of Exploration and subsequent colonial administration, driven by the need for accurate cartography and missionary activity. Early attempts were highly inconsistent, often reflecting the specific phonetic biases of the European linguist involved rather than objective phonetic representation. For example, the 'Jesuit Romanization' applied to various East Asian languages often mapped dental stop…
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Tocharian Languages
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Discovery and Corpus
The earliest substantial corpus of Tocharian material was unearthed primarily by German expeditions led by Sir Aurel Stein and Albert von Le Coq between 1906 and 1914. The texts, written on wooden tablets and palm-leaf manuscripts, date from roughly the 6th to the 9th centuries CE. The script utilized is a Brahmic derivative, adapted from a local Indic writing system that had already undergone significant modification due to …