Which language to study?
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Which language to study?
HelloI may be flying in the Afghanistan area soon, ferrying an airplane over there from USA next year, and I already speak English and Spanish fluently.Should I learn Arabic, Persian, Russian, etc? I have extensive international experience in North, Central, and South America and more than once, the ability to sweet-talk ATC or the local Customs in their native language has proved very helpful.I would like to be able to speak basic stuff (Hello, Goodbye, Thank You), also the numbers zero to nine and the alphabetAny tips for Afghanistan area?thanks alot amigos
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Hello User123
If am not mistaken then Arabic, Russian might not be any good in afghanistan thier official Language is Peshtu it has derivatives from Both Persian and some aspects of urdu so id say learn those languages and forget russian and Arabic it will get you no where there I might be wrong but learn PESHTU its thier national language, if you need any more info then PM.
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If am not mistaken then Arabic, Russian might not be any good in afghanistan thier official Language is Peshtu it has derivatives from Both Persian and some aspects of urdu so id say learn those languages and forget russian and Arabic it will get you no where there I might be wrong but learn PESHTU its thier national language, if you need any more info then PM.
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I guess i'd recommend Urdu because
A) If i'm not wrong, arabic uses same script as Urdu
B) If you speak Urdu, you could understand hindi ( not that its gonna help you in Afghanistan but still, from a personal development standpoint, it would )
C) The Peshtu (Sp?) language has roots in Urdu too.
Since some of the local languages evolve from Urdu, learning Urdu would be beneficial imo.
A) If i'm not wrong, arabic uses same script as Urdu
B) If you speak Urdu, you could understand hindi ( not that its gonna help you in Afghanistan but still, from a personal development standpoint, it would )
C) The Peshtu (Sp?) language has roots in Urdu too.
Since some of the local languages evolve from Urdu, learning Urdu would be beneficial imo.