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ISBN: 9780781809719 - Dari-English / English-Dari Dictionary and Phrasebook
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Dari-English / English-Dari Dictionary and Phrasebook

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Nicholas Awde, Saeid Davatolhagh, Sami Aziz

ISBN: 9780781809719
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.


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Compiled by a linguist specializing in the region, this two-way pocket dictionary and phrasebook offers a map of Afghanistan; information useful for relief workers, business people, and other intrepid travelers; and a concise grammar, pronunciation guide, and alphabet for one of the country's offici

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Dari is one of the official languages of Afghanistan along with Pashto. It shares a long literary history, both classical and modern, with the Persian (Farsi) of Iran, and the Tajik of Tajikistan, but over the centuries the languages have been split by politics and geography. Dan is written in a modified form of the Arabic script, but it has been transliterated here into the roman alphabet. This title contains a vast array of indispensable words supplying travellers and those working in Afghanistan with the resources needed to communicate effectively.
 
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