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Learn how to speak Dari
Dari, or Dari Persian, is the
dialect of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari
is the term officially recognized and promoted since 1964 by
the Afghan government for the Persian language. Hence, it is
also known as Afghan Persian in many Western sources.
As defined in the Constitution of Afghanistan, it is one of
the two official languages of Afghanistan; the other is
Pashto. Dari is the most widely spoken language in
Afghanistan and the native language of approximately 15–30%
of the population, serving as the country's lingua franca.
The Iranian and Afghan types of Persian are mutually
intelligible, with differences found primarily in the
vocabulary and phonology.
By way of Early New Persian, Dari Persian, like Iranian
Persian and Tajik, is a continuation of Middle Persian, the
official religious and literary language of the Sassanian
Empire (224–651 CE), itself a continuation of Old Persian,
the language of the Achaemenids (550–330 BC). In historical
usage, Dari refers to the Middle Persian court language of
the Sassanids.
This foreign
language course was developed by groups commissioned by the
government. It is meant to be used as a crash course in
a foreign language for basic conversational ability by a
foreign traveler or diplomat. It is an introductory
course meant for beginners and includes basic conversational
language by native speakers.
This course
consists of a basic introduction to Dari, with text and
audio files.
There are
1022 lessons in mp3 format, with 256 student texts in PDF
format. This is intended to be a 3 semester course. Adobe Reader is
required to view the PDF files, while the mp3 files can be
listened to by any audio player on your PC.
Total run
time of course: Approx 14 hours of audio run time.
A must have resource for any foreign traveler!
Notice:
Please note, this disk is only for use in your computer's
drive! It will NOT play in the DVD Player hooked up to
your TV or the CD player in your car!
This is a DVD-ROM disk, so you need a DVD-ROM drive on your PC
to play it.
This disk contains this
foreign language course in MP3 format. This is not for
use in your CD player, it is not for your DVD player, even
if they play MP3 disks. This disk is only formatted to
be opened in your computer. You have to insert this
disk in your PC, click on "My Computer" and click on the
disk to open the files. You can copy the MP3 files to
your PC, and then load them on to any MP3 player of your
choice. Please note: that if you try to
play this disk on anything other than your computer, it
won't work! |
