Department of Linguistics (Hindi-Urdu)
Contact Information
College of Arts and Sciences
609 Baldy Hall
North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-1030
Phone: 716.645.2177
Fax: 716.645.3825
Web Address: linguistics.buffalo.edu/language_programs
Jean-Pierre Koenig
Chair
Overview
*Not a baccalaureate degree program
Hindi ranks fourth among the languages of the world in the number of people who speak it as a first or second language, behind only Chinese, English, and Spanish. The Hindi courses at the University at Buffalo
also introduce students to its close linguistic relative, Urdu, the official national language of Pakistan.