Urdu (?)-English vocabulary in Buddhist archeology and architecture

Language Log 2021-02-08

Summary:

"Archaeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Buddhist Site In Pakistan", by Neil Bowdler, Radio Mashaal (2/3/21). When I watched the embedded video in that article, it sounded to me as though the archeologists were speaking Urdu or something close to it (e.g., I heard them repeatedly use the word matlab  مَطْلَب  ["meaning; purpose; motive"; Hindi spelling मतलब]) and […]

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

02/08/2021, 23:03

Date published:

02/08/2021, 16:47