Withcolorful, eye-catching illustrations to stimulate imagination and curiosity, My First Dari Dictionary is specially designed forchildren ages 5 to 12. It contains more than 1,000 everyday words (from colors, animals, household items, foods and more)--each illustrated and translated into Dariwith accompanying phonetic pronunciation. Theillustrations are arranged alphabetically by English so even young readers caneasily search for words, and each one is labeled with clear, boldtype. Recent studies suggest that children should beginlearning a foreign language before age 10 for best results. This dictionary isa fun, engaging way for parents or grandparents to introduce Dari to youngchildren. Teachers will also find the dictionary useful for students who arelearning Dari or English from Kindergarten and up. Spoken by over 12.5million people worldwide, Dari is the version of Persian (Farsi) spoken in Afghanistan, and the primary language of Kabul, the nation's capital. It is an Indo-Europeanlanguage which uses the Persian alphabet for its writing system.