Intensive Course of Dari

Charles Univesity in Prague, room 357, Celetná 20, Prague 1

Teachers: Ahmad Azizy, Thomas Loy

Dari is the official name for the Persian language written and spoken in Afghanistan. The prerequisite of the course is an existing knowledge of Persian (Farsi) of approximately 3 semesters, and of the Arabic alphabet. Various printed and manuscript sources from the 19th and 20th centuries will be read and analyzed, and subsequently discussed in Persian/Dari; part of the course is also devoted to spoken language. Students from outside Czechia will be charged a fee of 100 EUR.