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

Darwazi

A language of Afghanistan

ISO 639-3drw

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.