| Also Known As: Hezareh,Hezare'i,Hazara,Azargi,Hazaragi
Description:
Hazaragi is a variety of Persian (Hazaragi: هزارگی یا آزرگی) spoken by the Hazara people of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. The primary differences between Standard Persian and Hazaragi are the accent and a larger borrowing of Turkic and Mongolic vocabulary.
Hazaragi has been classified as both a separate language and as a dialect of Persian. It is easily distinguishable from other Persian dialects or languages spoken in Afghanistan. Hazaragi contains some Mongolic and Turkic words.
Linguists have found several words in Hazaragi which they relate to Mongolian words of the same root but not the exact words. some Mongolian words which is similar to Hazaragi are bellow in the table,
Turkish words which is commonly used in Hazaragi some basic ones are shown below.
Hazaragi is spoken by the Hazara people of central Afghanistan as well as by a large refugee population and Hazara citizen found in northeastern Iran and in parts of Pakistan, such as Quetta...... full article at Wikipedia |
