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 […]