In this episode, linguist Peggy Mohan joins Saurabh and Pranay to discuss clues to our past in our languages. We discuss diglossia, bilingualism, creolization, the Hindi-Urdu debate, and more. Peggy’s new book Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through its Languages gives an account of the human interactions that have shaped Indian languages.

इस एपिसोड में भाषावैज्ञानिक पेग्गी मोहन भारतीय भाषाओँ में छिपे भारत के अतीत के सुराग़ों का खुलासा कर रही हैं। सुनियेगा ज़रूर।

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