u/hellfrost55

What is this language from KPK, Pakistan?

My friend from Misri Banda, which is east of Nowshera, KPK, says that they speak ‘Dari’ in her village and she speaks it, too. However, she can't understand any Iranians speaking Persian in our university, and when I made her listen to some Dari online she couldn't understand it either. I asked her some words, including counting 1-10 and words for mother, father and sister. It sounds like some language more closely related to Pashto rather than Dari based on these words.

1 = joː

2 = d̪oː

3 = d̪oːˈreː

4 = s̪i.l̪ɔr

5 = pin̪.z̪ɔ

6 = ʃpɒʒ

7 = uwɔ

8 = a.t̪ɔ

9 = n̪o.ha

10 = l̪ɒs̪/d̪ɒs̪

father = piˈl̪ɒr

mother = moːˈreː

sister = xɔr

What language is this and why are people calling it Dari? My friend is Pashtun and speaks Pashto as well, as her first language, and says she wouldn't understand this language if she only knew Pashto and wouldn't be able to understand Pashto if she only spoke this.

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u/hellfrost55 — 18 hours ago