# Difference between Dari and Farsi **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 18, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-dari-and-farsi/304429 "2005-05-18T16:22:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-dari-and-farsi/304429/1 "2005-05-18T16:22:42Z")
What’s the difference between Dari and Farsi/Persian? What I know is that Dari is a Persian language spoken in Afghanistan whereas Farsi is a Persian language spoken in Iran. I believe the Persian language in Tajikistan is called Tajik. Are all of these simply different names for the same thing or are they different dialects? Would someone who spoke Dari be able to understand and be understood by someone who spoke Farsi? WRS ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-dari-and-farsi/304429/2 "2005-05-18T16:29:16Z")
> [@WeRSauron](#): > > What’s the difference between Dari and Farsi/Persian? > > What I know is that Dari is a Persian language spoken in Afghanistan whereas Farsi is a Persian language spoken in IranI believe the Persian language in Tajikistan is called Tajik. Are all of these simply different names for the same thing or are they different dialects? Dialects, but very similar ones. One site refers to them as the equivalent to the differences between French in France and Quebecois French. > [@](#): > > Would someone who spoke Dari be able to understand and be understood by someone who spoke Farsi? Absolutely - they are apparently fully mutually intelligible. - Tamerlane