The reaffirmed the status of Pashto as an official language in 1964 when Afghan Persian was officially renamed to. Thus Pashto became a, a symbol for Afghan nationalism. Pashto is no more a hard to learn language, this book is designed for beginners pashto. for how parents can support their young childs learning at home. Besides there is a section for pashto letter writing, there are some sample pashto letters given at the end, this book is written in an easy to understand method and one can learn pashto language in just one month. In 1936 a of Zahir Shah granted to Pashto the status of an official language with full rights to usage in all aspects of government and education - despite the fact that the ethnically Pashtun royal family and bureaucrats mostly spoke Persian. Parents and children chatting together, singing songs and sharing books in their home. King (reigned 1933-1973) thus followed suit after his father had decreed in 1933 that officials were to study and utilize both Persian and Pashto. Although officially supporting the use of Pashto, the Afghan elite regarded Persian as a “sophisticated language and a symbol of cultured upbringing”. In the 1930s a movement began to take hold to promote Pashto as a language of government, administration and art with the establishment of a Pashto Society Pashto Anjuman in 1931 and the inauguration of the in 1932 as well as the formation of the Pashto Academy Pashto Tolana in 1937. King began promoting Pashto during his reign (1926-1929) as a marker of ethnic identity and as a symbol of 'official nationalism' leading Afghanistan to independence after the defeat of the in the in 1919.
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