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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Afghanistan > Darwazi

Darwazi

A language of Afghanistan

ISO 639-3drw
This ISO 639-3 code has been retired after the publication of Ethnologue, 16th edition. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population  10,000 (1983).
Region  Northernmost tip of Afghanistan, Darwaz town on Amu Darya River. Possibly in Tajikistan.
Language map  Afghanistan
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%.
Comments  May be called Badakhshani. Muslim.