{"id":2694,"date":"2016-04-27T13:17:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T21:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southasia.washington.edu\/?p=2694"},"modified":"2017-11-30T19:59:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T19:59:04","slug":"learn-bengali-hindi-urdu-sanskrit-and-other-languages-at-uw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/news\/learn-bengali-hindi-urdu-sanskrit-and-other-languages-at-uw\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit and other languages at UW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4234 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/2013-SA-Langugages-Bollywood-e-800x534-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"2013-SA-Langugages-Bollywood-e-800x534\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/2013-SA-Langugages-Bollywood-e-800x534-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/2013-SA-Langugages-Bollywood-e-800x534-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/2013-SA-Langugages-Bollywood-e-800x534-530x353.jpg 530w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/2013-SA-Langugages-Bollywood-e-800x534-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/2013-SA-Langugages-Bollywood-e-800x534-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/04\/2013-SA-Langugages-Bollywood-e-800x534.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Registration for fall quarter is the time to start your future by signing up for South Asian language courses! There are great opportunities to learn Bengali (more than 200 million speakers), Hindi (almost 500 million speakers), Urdu (99 million speakers), and Sanskrit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration opens May 6th!<\/strong><br \/>\nStudying South Asian languages also opens up opportunities to study abroad during summer or the academic year, and can make you eligible for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships, which can help fund your education.<\/p>\n<p>The UW Department of Asian Languages and Literature offers courses from beginning to advanced level in all the languages mentioned above.<\/p>\n<p>See our <a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/south-asian-languages\/\">South Asian languages page<\/a> for videos and more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registration for fall quarter is the time to start your future by signing up for South Asian language courses! 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