Resources for Learning Hindi

• University Affiliated Resources
• Collections of Links to Hindi Resources
• Fonts, Typography, Alphabet & Script
  
• Online Dictionaries and Glossaries
• Hindi Literature
• Newspapers and Periodicals
• Suggestions for Hindi Practice local to Seattle
• Other Web-based Resources

University Affiliated Resources

• Establishing a Program in Hindi and/or Urdu (PDF)
        A Guide for Start-Up Programs at the Community College or Four-Year College Level
  
• Australian National University Hindi-Urdu Program
• Michigan State University SALRC: Hindi-Urdu Blended Teaching Resources (hindiurdu.net)
• North Carolina State University: A Door into Hindi (Afroz Taj)
  
• Syracuse University's Hindi/Urdu Conversation Lessons (Tej Bhatia, Jishnu Shankar)
• The UCLA Language Materails Project's Hindi Teaching Resources: Language Profile, links, citations
• University of Chicago's South Asia Language Resource Center
• Linguistic Survey of India's Hindi samples (DSAL)
• University of Pennsylvania's Web-based Hindi Materials
• nai diśāẽ nae log web-based Hindi tutorials
  • Lesson containing sāre jahān se acchā
• UT Austin Hindi-Urdu Flagship
• Supplementary Hindi Learning Materials by Rupert Snell to his Teach Yourself Hindi books
• Foreign Language Teaching Methods
  
• Wesleyan University: A Virtual Village (Arampur, Bihar) by Peter Gottschalk and Matthew Schmalz
  

Collections of Links to Hindi Resources 

•  Malaiya's Hindi Language Resources (Colorado State)
• Some useful sources on Hindi/Urdu language and literature  (Frances Pritchett, Columbia U)
• General Resources on South Asia (Frances Pritchett, Columbia U)
• Open Directory Project's Hindi Listings
• TIFR's Hindi Web Resources page
  
• The Hindi Corner links to Hindi lessons on the internet
  

Fonts, Typography, Alphabet & Script

• Google Transliteration IME for Hindi and many other languages. Recommended.
  
• Microsoft's Bhashaindia site
• Quillpad, a way to type Hindi intuitively. See also New York Times article
• SOAS Hindi Script Tutor
  
• Devanāgarī character stroke order (animation) and pronunciation (audio and animation) [Australian National University Hindi resources]
• See also: Vowel sounds
• How to text Hindi using the Roman alphabet, without loss of fidelity (modified HK transliteration scheme).
• Hindi section of the Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. International Phonetic Association, July 1999 (PDF).
• Accompanying audio files for download (Univ. of Victoria, .zip file)
  
• Ernst Tremel's site on Hindi Phonetics and Orthography

Online Dictionaries & Glossaries

• Platt's Dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. (DSAL, Univ. of Chicago)
• Mahendra Caturvedi's Practical Hindi-English dictionary. (DSAL, Univ. of Chicago)
• Syāmsundar Dās's Hindi śabdasāgara (Hindi-to-Hindi). (DSAL, Univ. of Chicago)
• Bhāratīya Sāhityā Sagraha's Hindi-to-Hindi dictionary
• www.shabdkosh.com, an English to Hindi dictionary
• Wikipedia's Hindi Wiktionary (मुख्य पृष्ठ)
• Universal Hindi Lexicon (CFILT, IIT-Bombay)
  
• bab.la English-Hindi dictionary, non-standard romanization, users can "vote" on entries, suggest own contributions
• Raftaar.in Hindi-English Dictionary
• Build your vocab with fun Hindi charts from the Alan W. Entwistle Hindi Poster Collection (needs UW NetID)
  
• Glossaries Alive, not quite a dictionary, but useful for building vocabulary (UT-Austin Hindi Urdu Flagship)
• Spoken Thesaurus Contextual differences between various synonyms (UT-Austin Hindi Urdu Flagship)
• Rajya Sabhā's Sansadīya Śabdāvalī, bi-linual glossary of parliamentary terms (PDF)
• Audio and Flashcards for Delacy & Joshi's Elementary Hindi (2009) (UW Seattle)

Hindi Literature

• anubhuti-hindi.org
• Kavitā koś
• Kāvyālaya
• hindipoetry.wordpress.com
• Gītā-kavitā
• भारत दर्शन - हिन्दी साहित्यिक पत्रिका
• हिन्दीकुंज

Newspapers and Periodicals

• BBC Hindi
• BBC Asian Network -- a variety of programs, insight on culture and music.
• Google Hindi news aggregator
• Naī Duniā
• दैनिक भास्कर समाचार
• नव भारत टाईम्स
• Samachar.com news aggregator
  
• Hindi news webcasts on the Voice of America Hindi website Shut down as of  late 2008
  
• Chāyā - a literary journal in Hindi and English
• तहलका Magazine
• Outlook magazine in Hindi
  
• Indian and Pakistani Internet Radio and Online News Radio

Suggestions for Hindi Practice local to Seattle

• See Hindi movies in Kirkland's Totem Lake/Roxy Cinema
• Watch Hindi programs on the International Channel on cable (In Seattle area: Channel 15, KBCB)
• Listen to the radio: KTFH-AM (1680), 12 hours of Hindi/East Indian programming from noon to midnight
• Seattle Hindi TV/Radio sources (broken link as of Nov 2006)
  
• Try out your Hindi at the following local businesses on or near the Ave:
  • Ave Copy Center, 4141 Univ Way NE
  • Professional Copy, 4200 Univ Way NE
  • Ram's Copy Center, 4144 Univ Way NE
  • R&M Video and Spice Center, 5501 Univ Way NE
  • India House, 4737 Roosevelt Way NE
  • Cedar's Restaurant, 1319 NE 43rd St
  • Any other places?

Other Web-based Resources

• Pimsleur Language Program Tapes (Through UW Libraries and OneClick Digital) - Over 22 hrs of audio material
  
• The Short Course (4:23:03)
  
• The Complete Course: Part A (8:37:52), Part B (9:15:41)
  
• Hindi lesson podcasts at ISpeakHindi.com
  
• 10 Free Hindi Lessons with audio-clips on greetings and limited vocabulary for food, colors, numbers, etc from L-Ceps Personaltrainer Hindi Language Learning Software. 
• Free trial version available, though I haven't had a chance to play with it.
• HindiGym, a "free resource to get ready-to-print Hindi learning worksheets."
• LiveMocha "Social Language Learning" online - requires subscription - exercises in listening and speaking too.
• Interactive games for building vocabulary (numbers, colors, animals, etc.) [By DigitalDialects, Hindi uses transliteration]
• Awaiting your suggestions... email Prem.