The language that I speak in School and at work are different from the languages I speak with freinds and at home. I usually speak English in School and at work. When I'm at home I speak Hindko and when I'm with friends I speak Urdu and sometimes Englsh as well.
I learned Hindko at the place where I was born and raised. Everybody spoke this language around me therefore I couldnt refuse learning it. My family, relatives and friends spoke the same language. Even in School I was taught Urdu, national language of Pakistan in Hindko. Meaning if the teachers were to teach us how to read or write Urdu, they'll instruct us in Hindko.
Another language that i almost forgot to mention which I learned to read only, not speak write nor understand is Arabic. The reason why I cant write, speak or understand this language is that I learned this language in Mosque where I used to recite the Holy Book of Quran which is in Arabic text.
If I had a personal language it would be Arabic. Because without knowing this language I sort of feel incomplet. I wish I learned how to speak and understand this language when I was a child. It's much easier to learn a language at that age. Knowing this language would have made it easier for me to know what I'm reading and praying in Arabic and I would'nt have to read a translation when I recite Quran.
Although I am not creative with language, but I do have a gift of knowing several languages which makes my life easier when It comes to reading, writing, or speaking something required and knowing what it is tha I'm doing and how I relate to others around me using the very same language depending on the place where I am.
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