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    Aga Khan on Arabic as National Language of Pakistan

    Dari would be much easier for you to learn than Farsi. If you are someone who wishes to learn Persian, learn the Dari dialect, you'll learn much faster, with more ease.
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    Aga Khan on Arabic as National Language of Pakistan

    i've been speaking Dari for 19 years, i know from my own experience. Chetori is the Farsi dialect.
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    Aga Khan on Arabic as National Language of Pakistan

    I cant speak fluent Urdu, but im sure most people cant speak fluent of any language, as the vocabulary of each language is so much.
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    Aga Khan on Arabic as National Language of Pakistan

    so what? we probably speak 50%, if that of the vocabulary of each language we speak. are you telling me you know how to speak heavy, pure Urdu?
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    Aga Khan on Arabic as National Language of Pakistan

    in translation it means how are you, are you good, do you have money? where are you? So in Dari we would say Chetor asti, joor asti. paisa dari? koja asti In Farsi the same words would be Chetori, khoobi. Pul dari? kojai As i said, any educated speaker of Persian will have no...
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    Aga Khan on Arabic as National Language of Pakistan

    I think hindi was heavily sanskritized to make it distinctive from Urdu, Urdu has been heavily Persianized and Urdu is atleast 60% Dari. Its true Farsi and Dari are the same language, but there are many grammar differences. People who speak Urdu or hindi will recognise more words in Dari then...
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    salam bachesh chetor asti?

    salam bachesh chetor asti?
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    Aga Khan on Arabic as National Language of Pakistan

    your first language? is that why both Punjabi and Pashto are spoken by more people in Pakistan as a first language, than Urdu? and neither of these languages have official status.
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    Aga Khan on Arabic as National Language of Pakistan

    How was it created then? Is that why Urdu is 60% Dari? where is your proof to back your point up? In writing form, nothing really, in spoken form quite a bit. it isn't only the accent, but large grammar differences, and many different words. highly educated speakers of Persian should have...
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    Aga Khan on Arabic as National Language of Pakistan

    How about Pakistani people start learning about their real culture and perhaps learn Dari which was the dominant language in that area for so long, most of you may know it as Persian. Or perhaps making more popular languages in the country official such as Punjabi or Pashto? And i wish people...
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    Urdu should be replaced with Farsi - Interesting Read

    Can someone repost the article, as its now gone. As for Urdu being 90% Farsi, incorrect. Urdu is 60% DARI, Dari being the Persian spoken in Afghanistan and Farsi being the Persian spoken in Iran. Dari was the main language in the area today called Pakistan but the British decided to change it to...
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