<p>Justin,</p>
<p>Returning to your question / interest on the marketability of south asian languages ( hindi ). First recognize that the vast majority of Northern Indian languages are Indo-European in origin with most of them being derived from Sanskrit. Persian is a close cousin of Sanskrit. Pashto is a combination of these I think ( you should conform). Lastly Hindi is spoken widely in the northern part of India and yes in Pakistan. In Pakistan it has morphed into Urdu ( or as they say in Pakistan it has morphed into Hindi in India). But if you learn Hindi - Urdu is a piece of cake. </p>
<p>So if you study Hindi with some emphasis on Sanskrit or Persian, you could find your marketability vastly increasing.</p>
<p>Hope that helps</p>