How can you live in a country and not speak its language?

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Re: How can you live in a country and not speak its language?

@TeenDabbyWala

This is what confuses me too, but about Indians.

Oh you are Muslim and live in Hyderabad but cannot speak Telgu? Did you ever think, hmmmm what is this language 80% of the people around me are speaking?

And what about Indians who don’t speak Hindi? Do they ever go hmmm, look at this language that a good majority in the country speaks. Maybe, I should learn a few words.

Yes, yes I know, there is no real benefit to learning hindi, Telgu, Tamil, whatever unless you want to watch movies. As long as you know English, that is all that matters.

My father, born and raised in Hyderabad was fluent in Urdu, HIndi & Telegu, including reading and writing. Same goes with this siblings, and all my other family members who did not immigrate to Pakistan after partition.