Unlock Devanagari
From a few signs to whole Hindi words.
Learn to read Hindi in 28 short units.
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Discover Hindi writing
See how Devanagari works, hear Hindi sounds and understand why whole-word listening matters.
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How Hindi writing works
Understand consonants, attached vowels and reading direction.
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A little Devanagari history
Discover its origins and where the script is used.
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Hear vowel length and consonant contrasts
Listen to complete syllables and words before learning their signs.
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Rhythm, schwa and spelling
Understand unwritten vowel loss, nasal vowels and phrase melody.
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First signs and vowel placement
Build your first readable words.
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म, न and क
Read three consonants with the short inherent vowel.
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र, ल, आ and ◌ा
Put long ā on the right and read names and familiar words.
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द, इ and ◌ि
Read a left-hand vowel after its consonant.
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त, ई and ◌ी
Contrast short i with long ī in syllables and words.
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प, उ, ऊ, ◌ु and ◌ू
Find short u and long ū below a consonant.
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स, ए, ऐ, ◌े and ◌ै
Read e and ai signs above the headline.
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The consonant families
Hear breath and tongue position in whole syllables.
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ओ, औ, ◌ो and ◌ौ
Combine right and upper parts into o and au.
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ख, ग and घ
Hear plain, airy and voiced k-family starts.
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च, छ, ज and झ
Keep the joined ch/j sounds and breath apart.
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थ and ध
Complete the dental t/d family.
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ट, ठ, ड and ढ
Read the curled-tongue stop family.
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ब, भ and फ
Complete p/b and distinguish aspiration from f.
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Finish the inventory and join consonants
Read marks, nasal patterns and joined shapes.
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य, व and ह
Read y, v/w and h in useful words.
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श, ष and ण
Recognise sh spellings and the retroflex nasal.
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अ, ऋ and ◌ृ
Finish independent vowels and recognise vocalic r.
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◌ं and ◌ँ
Read nasal vowels and nasal-before-consonant patterns.
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◌् and ◌ः
Suppress a vowel, read doubled consonants and recognise visarga.
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ङ and ञ
Recognise nasal partners in alphabet and conjunct print.
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Read everyday Hindi
Move from word building to signs and short messages.
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Read joined consonants
Recognise familiar groups without adding an extra vowel.
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◌़, ड़ and ढ़
Read dotted flap consonants and the nukta sign.
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फ़, ज़, क़, ख़, ग़, ऑ and ◌ॉ
Recognise common dotted consonants in borrowed words.
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Read the whole word
Practise common schwa loss without rewriting the spelling.
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Read everyday signs and numbers
Recognise short public words, prices and punctuation.
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Your reading passport
Read a tiny introduction and a café request without hints.
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