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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…