Persian-speakers of Afghanistan make up about 40-50% of the population in the country, where Persian language

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

 is one of the official languages besides the other which is Pashto

Pashto language

Pashto , known as Afghani in Persian and Pathani in Punjabi , is the native language of the indigenous Pashtun people or Afghan people who are found primarily between an area south of the Amu Darya in Afghanistan and...

. The Persian language is the most widely used language of the country, spoken by around 80% of the population, while Pashto is spoken and understood by around 35% of the population, mostly native Pashtu-speaker.

External links

• Afghanistan from UCB Libraries GovPubs