So I've been dating a Pakistani girl for almost two years (this is not the subject of this post. Though I could write a long post about our struggles, believe me). She would really like it if I learned her language. She speaks perfect English by the way. In fact, the first time I heard her speak I was taken aback. She has sort of a Valley girl accent. I was not expecting that accent to come from a Middle-Eastern girl (oh sorry, Asian as she always corrects me).

I digress, sorry. Her native language is Urdu. To my surprise, the fabulous Rosetta Stone people haven't made the learning software for this language, despite the fact that it's spoken by millions of people. But they have made a Hindi software. My girlfriend tells me that Hindi is very similar to Urdu and that if I learn Hindi then I will understand Urdu. But writing in Hindi is very different than writing in Urdu. Rosetta Stone teaches you how to speak and read the language.

Should I spend all that money to learn Hindi when it might just confuse me? My girlfriend doesn't have the time to teach me, in case you're wondering. And the software out there for Urdu seems like a joke. Any advice?