Hazaragi dialect
error: ISO 639 code is required (help) Hazaragi is a dialect of the Persian language, the primary difference with Standard Persian (spoken in Iran and Afghanistan) being that there is a larger borrowing of Turkic and Mongolic vocabulary. It is spoken by the Hazara people of central Afghanistan as well as by a large refugee population found in northeastern Iran and in parts of Pakistan, such as Quetta . [1]
Classification
Hazaragi is easily distinguishable from other Persian dialects spoken in Afghanistan. [2] Hazaragi contains many Mongolic and Turkic words. [3]
References
- ^ Area Handbook for Afghanistan - Page 77 by Harvey Henry Smith, American University (Washington, D.C.) Foreign Area Studies
- ^ The Mongols of Afghanistan: An Ethnography of the Mogho?ls and Related Peoples of Afghanistan - Page 110 by Franz Schurmann
- ^ Area Handbook for Afghanistan - Page 80 by Harvey Henry Smith, American University (Washington, D.C.) Foreign Area Studies
See also
- Hazara people
- Persian language
- Hazaragi Poetry dobaiti by Ali Baba Taj
Map of the Hazaragi language in Afghanistan: [1]
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