Ādurgari is a secret language of the nomadic

Shaikh Mohammadi There are several ethnic groups in Afghanistan which traditionally lead a Peripatetic minority, peripatetic life. This means they are nomadic and their main occupations centre around providing services to the settled populations they travel among, ...

group of peddlers of east Afghanistan, used especially in the presence of outsiders. It is taught to children starting at the age of six or seven as they would be speaking Persian until then; all adults speak it in addition to their native

Dari Dari (; endonym: ), Dari Persian (, , or , ), or Eastern Persian is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the Afghan government's official term for the Persian language;Lazard, G.Darī – The New Persian ...

. The name is apparently derived from a word referring to their activity of peddling (''ādur''), and it has tentatively been suggested this might indicate a possible connection with the Kharduri people of Uzbekistan. The following five words are attested in the language: ''čamlai'' 'bread', ''danab'' 'girl, woman', ''duka'' 'house', ''lām'' 'meat', and ''rašuk'' 'man'.

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