Dialect comparison

Hazaragi vs Kabuli

Compare two dialects of Persian side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Hazaragi

A distinctive Persian dialect of the Hazara people, with its own verb forms, vocabulary, and cultural identity rooted in central Afghanistan.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
34.20°, 67.00°
Kabuli

Kabuli Persian · Kabuli Dari · Kābolī

The Dari variety of Kabul and the prestige basis of standard Afghan Persian as used in broadcast, government, and education. Sociolinguistically dominant across most of eastern and central Afghanistan, with several million speakers.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
34.53°, 69.17°

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