Languages

Dari, Pashto, and other languages spoken across Afghanistan, with regions and short guides.

Dari

Afghan Persian, a lingua franca of government, media, and many cities.

A group of languages of the Hindu Kush valleys in Nuristan.

Spoken in pockets of Laghman, Kapisa, and Nangarhar.

An eastern Iranian language of the Pashtun community, with rich oral poetry.

Spoken by Turkmen communities along the northern plains.

A Turkic language of the north, especially Faryab, Jowzjan, and parts of Balkh.