This summer, Carleton University will be adding courses in Pashto, making it the first in Canada to offer a course in the language, according to Ulrike Tallowitz, assistant director of the School of Linguistics and Language Studies.
Pashto, one of the national languages of Afghanistan, is spoken in parts of northern Pakistan.
Taught by Carleton graduate student and Pakistan native Aman Khan, the course will be conducted over two sessions, Khan said.
“Canada is an immigrant country. . . students really need to be exposed to other languages,” he said.