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[edit] Over to other.

Typo in page. I cannot edit it, but the word over should be replaced with the word other. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Billyziege (talk • contribs) 14:53, 9 March 2007 (UTC).

I fixed the typo you pointed out. Cheers.

[edit] Dialects

The article stated that Dari is a "dialect" of Persian. Hazaragi is a dialect of Dari. Is it a subdialect, or is it correct to refer to Dari as a form of Persian? I've heard Afghan people use the words "Dari," "Farsi," and "Persian," interchangeably. I'm under the impression Dari is not as distinct a dialect from Persian as Hazaragi is from Dari, but I may well be wrong? Does anyone know? Thanks Bruxism 12:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Good point. Well yes those three words are synonyms and can be used interchangeably. We do have a distinct accent or dialect from the Farsi spoken in Iran or Tajikistan, but that's not what the term Dari refers. We would call our dialect by our province or city... such as "Kabuli dialect", or "Hazara dialect" (which is a very distinct dialect spoken in Hazarajat). -- Behnam (talk) 13:07, 25 November 2007 (UTC)