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  1. Dari Language

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    The Dari language (or simply Dari) is the Iranian language spoken primarily in Afghanistan, where it functions as one of the two official languages alongside Pashto. It is often considered the standardized register of Afghan Persian, though linguists note that its divergence from Iranian Persian (Farsi) is more pronounced than the official standardization suggests, part…

  2. Old Iranian

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    Old Iranian refers to the earliest attested stage of the Iranian languages branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, generally dated from approximately 1000 BCE to 300 BCE. It represents the linguistic foundation upon which the vast diversity of later Iranian languages, including Persian, Kurdish, and Pashto, was built. The primary attested corpora derive from two distinct, though related, textual traditions: Old Persian (OPers.)' and [Avest…