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It is an eastern variety of Persian and closely related to Dari, one of the two official Languages of Afghanistan. The primary differences between Dari and Hazaragi are the accents [7] and Hazaragi's greater array of many Turkic and Mongolic words and loanwords [8][9][10][11] Despite these differences, the two dialects are mutually intelligible.
The Hazaras (Persian: هزاره, romanized: Hazāra; Hazaragi: آزره, romanized: Āzrə) are an ethnic group and a principal component of Afghanistan ’s population. They are one of the largest ethnic groups in Afghanistan, primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan.
The Hazara native language Hazaragi is a dialect and variety of the Persian language, which is spoken mostly in Afghanistan. The Hazara were traditionally pastoral farmers active in herding in the central and southeastern highlands of Afghanistan. They primarily practice Islam, denominations of Shia with significance of Sunni and some Isma'ili.
The official languages of the country are Dari and Pashto, as established by the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan. Dari is the most widely spoken language of Afghanistan's official languages and acts as a lingua franca for the country. In 1980, other regional languages were granted official status in the regions where they are the language of ...
Persian is a member of the Western Iranian group of the Iranian languages, which make up a branch of the Indo-European languages in their Indo-Iranian subdivision.The Western Iranian languages themselves are divided into two subgroups: Southwestern Iranian languages, of which Persian is the most widely spoken, and Northwestern Iranian languages, of which Kurdish and Balochi are the most widely ...
The Hazara people [5] and surrounding peoples use the names "Hazarajat" or "Hazaristan" to identify the historic Hazara lands. "Hazarajat" is a compound of "Hazara" and the Persian suffix "jat", [6] which is used to make words associated with land in the south, central and west Asia [7] [need quotation to verify] and "Hazaristan" is a compound of "Hazara" and the Persian suffix ـستان ...
nort3177 (Northwestern Iranian) sout3157 (Southwestern Iranian) Distribution of the Iranian languages in and around the Iranian plateau. Western Iranian languages are indicated in the key. The Western Iranian languages or Western Iranic languages are a branch of the Iranian languages, attested from the time of Old Persian (6th century BC) and ...
The traditional clothing of Hazara women includes a pleated skirt with a tunban or undergarment. Cheaper fabrics are used for the lower skirts, while the upper are often made of better materials, such as velvet or zari, with decorative nets or borders at the bottom. The women's shirt is calf-length, close-collared, and long-sleeved, and has ...