BFSU LANGUAGE ENTRY
086 / 101Dari
دریAt BFSU, Dari is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.
Afghanistan
- NATIVE NAME
- دری
- WRITING SYSTEM
- Arabic script
- AT BFSU
- One of 101 languages
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
See where Dari connects communities.
LANGUAGE REACH
Dari is spoken across 9 countries and territories.
No. 19 of 101 languages · No. 11 by territory count
Central Asia
02AfghanistanTajikistan
South Asia
01Pakistan
Middle East & North Africa
05IranIraqQatarUnited Arab EmiratesOman
The Americas
01Canada
From daily conversation in Afghanistan to education, literature and media, Dari carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.
Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.
AT BFSU
A language opens a wider view of the world.
BFSU places Dari within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.
The language is commonly written in Arabic script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.
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