IE "Urheimat" and evidence from Uralic linguistics

[petegray]

> I believe English numerals tend to be borrowed into Hind-Urdu...
>  But please correct me if I'm wrong!

You're not wrong.  The last time this came up on the list, I checked it with
Hindi speakers whom I teach.   They knew the Hindi numerals, but agreed that
in practice they often used English.   They also agreed that this was not a
statement, but a confession!   The use of English is marked, and might be
restricted to more casual areas of discourse, and perhaps to younger
speakers.   But I hardly had an adequate database to make any firm
statements!

Peter