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From what my mom told me, my grandfather immigrated from Iran to Pakistan. He might have spoke Farsi, but I don't think he taught his kids how to. idk though I would have to ask my dad whether my grandfather was actually from Iran or if he is just Pashtun. It could be Pashtun. I always get confused as Pashtun by Pakistanis, or Persian by Persians, or Arab by everyone else.No haha. Urdu and Hindi are both Indian languages. Actually, the term India is very misleading. India means "land of the Indus (river)" in Greek. The Indus river flows only in Pakistan (and Kashmir; so basically in Muslim-majority regions only). Words such as "Hindi", "Hinduism", "Hindu", "India", "Indian" are all referring to the Indus river. In other words; they don't actually apply to what we call India. Pakistan has many native languages, the largest being Panjabi (which is shared with 'India'), Pashto (which is shared with Afghanistan), Sindhi, Baloch and many more such as Shina, Khowar (all spoken in North Pakistan). When you said your father was Iranian, I thought you meant from Iran. But since he doesn't speak Farsi, I assume you meant Iranian as in Baloch or Pashtun. Correct? And you should go to Pakistan ASAP. I was there in 2020 as well. And earlier this year (Oct - Nov). I had a blast. I wouldn't want to learn Pashto but I'd definitely love to learn Farsi. In fact, Pakistan's national anthem is completely in Farsi. So an Iranian could completely understand all of it. As Urdu speakers or whatever, we wouldn't be able to understand all of it but rather just partially.
Dude the last time I went to Pakistan it was so surreal. Because before that my cousins, siblings, and I were all youngins. Now suddenly we were all adults hanging out together. Pakistan is soooo much fun.
I'd also like to learn Farsi.