Hazaragi dialect

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The Hazaragi dialect is a variety of Persian spoken primarily by the Hazara people of central Afghanistan and surrounding regions, distinguished by its unique phonology and significant Turkic and Mongolic influences.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hazaragi dialect canonical 1
Hazaragi language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian language variety
dialect
variety of Persian
associatedWith Hazara culture
Shia Muslim communities in Afghanistan
closelyRelatedTo Dari
Kabuli Persian
linked to: Persian language
hasAlternativeName Hazaragi
Hazaregi
linked to: Hazaragi
hasFeature distinct intonation patterns
distinct phonology
lexical borrowings from Mongolic
lexical borrowings from Turkic
retroflex consonants
vowel changes compared to standard Dari
hasInfluenceFrom Mongolian
linked to: Mongolic languages

Mongolic languages
Turkic languages
Turkmen
linked to: Turkmen language

Uzbek
ISO639-3 haz
languageBranch Indo-Iranian languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages
languageGroup Iranian languages
languageSubgroup Southwestern Iranian languages
Western Iranian languages
mutualIntelligibilityWith Dari
Iranian Persian
linked to: Persian language
primaryEthnicGroup Hazara
linked to: Hazaras
regionOfUse Hazarajat region of Afghanistan
spokenBy Hazara people
linked to: Hazaras
spokenIn Afghanistan
Hazarajat
Iran
Mashhad
Pakistan
Quetta
central Afghanistan
diaspora communities
standardFormOf none (non-standard dialect)
status non-official language variety in Afghanistan
subclassOf Dari Persian
linked to: Persian language

Persian language
usedFor everyday communication
folklore
oral literature
poetry
writingSystem Arabic script
Persian alphabet
linked to: Perso-Arabic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Hazaragi dialect
Mogholi language relatedTo Hazaragi language
linked to: Hazaragi dialect