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Languages of Afghanistan

kerams opened this issue · comments

Turkmen is included in the list, but it does not seem to be official on the national level. Quoting from Wikipedia:

The official languages of the country are Dari and Pashto, as established by the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan. Dari is the most widely spoken language of Afghanistan's official languages and acts as a lingua franca for the country. In 1980, other regional languages were granted official status in the regions where they are the language of the majority.[19] This policy was codified in the 2004 Afghan Constitution, which established Uzbek, Turkmen, Balochi, Pashayi, Nuristani and Pamiri as a third official language in areas where they are spoken by a majority of the population.

Given that it's spoken by a mere 2% of the population and the fact that it does not really stand out among the "regionally official" languages, I think Turkmen should be removed from the list of official languages.