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Dari-English/English-Dari Practical Dictionary, Second Edition
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Product Description The essential resource for Dari, a language of Afghanistan!Dari is spoken by over 20 million people and is one of the official languages of Afghanistan. Though closely related to the Persian (Farsi) of Iran and the Tajik of Tajikistan, Dari has been separated from both by historical developments and political boundaries. In this revised second edition, the author has added updated terminology to reflect recent linguistic developments in the language, and also carefully amended and cross-referenced each entry.The only two-way Dari-English dictionary available using the Dari writing system, this volume is an indispensable resource for government and NGO workers, resettlement agencies, teachers working with Dari speakers, and immigrants from Afghanistan learning English.This dictionary also uses Dari script with phonetic transcriptions to aid the English speaker. Areas of focus include cultural, military, medical, and political terminology.The dictionary includes: : over 30,000 total entriesessential vocabulary for communicationa pronunciation keyappendices of geographical, musical, and biological terms Review "This two-way Dari dictionary is one of the few up-to-date works of its type available. While the dictionary is quite detailed and covers a lot of vocabulary, it remains portable and easy to read. the author includes a guide to pronunciation, information about Afghanistan and even some Dari proverbs. At a time when the U.S. is trying to communicate with Afghans and win their hearts and minds, a practical resource such as this is a necessity." --Foreign Service Journal, Nov. 2010 About the Author Carleton Bulkin is a translator and linguist who holds a master’s degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Indiana University. Having lived in Prague, Havana, Moscow, Budapest, and Kabul, he currently works and resides in the Washington, D.C. area.
