درى
Dari
Midtownari, the widespread name for Persian as spoken in Afghanistan, is a lingua franca among Afghan New Yorkers (who may also speak Pashto, Uzbek, or other languages) that also connects them to Persian speakers originally from other neighborhing nations and now in New York. The Afghan community is centered in eastern Queens (Flushing, Hillcrest, Fresh Meadows), but some work or live in Midtown Manhattan, including reportedly in the multilingual mix of the Diamond District on 47th Street, and a community has also grown up in Hicksville.