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Languages Spoken in Afghanistan

Official: Arabic and Balochi and Dari and Pashto and Persian and Turkmen and Uzbek (Arabic)

Afghanistan has a population of 40.1 million and is home to several distinct language communities, with 10 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Arabic and Balochi and Dari and Pashto and Persian and Turkmen and Uzbek (Arabic) serve as the official languages. Of the languages spoken in Afghanistan, 5 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

40.1M
Population
10
Languages
5
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Languages spoken in Afghanistan

Persian (Farsi) Official
Arabic script, Persian alphabet
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50%
CLDR
Pashto Official
Arabic alphabet, Arabic script
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43%
CLDR
Hazaragi
Persian alphabet
6%
CLDR
Uzbek Official Regional
Arabic alphabet, Cyrillic script
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5%
CLDR
Turkmen Official Regional
Cyrillic script, Latin script
2%
CLDR
Unknown
1%
CLDR
Western Balochi
Balochi Roman Orthography, Balochi Standard Orthography
0.6%
CLDR
Arabic Official
Arabic Braille, Arabic alphabet
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Balochi Official
Balochi Cyrillic Alphabet, Balochi Roman Orthography
Dari Official
Persian alphabet
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CIA World Factbook

"Afghan Persian or Dari (official, lingua franca) 77%, Pashto (official) 48%, Uzbeki 11%, English 6%, Turkmani 3%, Urdu 3%, Pashaie 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, Balochi 1%, other <1% (2020 est.)"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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