Ādurgari is a secret language of the nomadic

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

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; all adults speak it in addition to their native

Dari Dari (, , ), also known as Dari Persian (, ), is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the term officially recognised and promoted since 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language,Lazard, G.Darī ...

. 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

Harduri people The Kharduri (also Harduri or Charduri) are a group of formerly semi-nomadic Tajiks of unknown origin. They live in the Surxondaryo Region of southeastern Uzbekistan (between Boysun and Gʻuzor). The Kharduri were estimated to number about 8,400 in ...

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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