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Farsi or Dari? This is a question that makes news in Afghanistan from time to time. This discussion is apparently linguistic, but like many other cultural matters in Afghanistan, it is also a serious political issue. Are Farsi and Dari two different languages? Are Farsi and Dari two different dialects of the same language? When was the word Dari found and when was the word Persian used? What political meaning can the use of each of these two words have? What does historical linguistics tell us about this and, more importantly, what light has the history of Afghanistan and the current situation shed on this debate? Subscribe: http://bit.ly/12wjlifC Our website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/ Facebook: / bbcpersian Twitter: / bbcpersian Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/ 1181902398236...