Resources for Learning Hindi

Web-based Resources

• Afroz Taj's A Door into Hindi - North Carolina State University
• University of Pennsylvania's nai diśāẽ nae log web-based Hindi tutorials
  • Lesson containing sāre jahān se acchā
• Australian National University Supplementary Hindi material. (Barz, Richard K et al.)
• Syracuse University's Hindi/Urdu Lessons (Shankar, Jishnu)
• South Asia Language Resource Center, HINDI WORKSHOP: Pedagogical Materials Project
• Hindi Script Tutor (SOAS)
• The UCLA Language Materails Project's Hindi Teaching Resources: Language Profile, links, citations
• Supplementary Hindi Learning Materials by Rupert Snell to his Teach Yourself Hindi books, UT Austin Hindi-Urdu Flagship
  
• A Virtual Village (Arampur, Bihar) by Peter Gottschalk and Matthew Schmalz , Wesleyan University
  
• 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.
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Collections of Web Sites on Hindi

•  La Trobe University's Learning Hindi Links
• Malaiya's Hindi Language Resources (Colorado State)
• Some useful sources on Hindi/Urdu language and literature  (Pritchett, Frances.)
• Materials and URL's for Hindi (Shankar, Jishnu. Feb. 2003.)
  
• Open Directory Project's Hindi Listings
• The Hindi Corner
  

Fonts & Typography

• Ernst Tremel's site on Hindi Phonetics and Orthography
• Microsoft's Bhashaindia site
• Matthew Blackwell's Unicode Hindi Editor
• Quillpad, a way to type Hindi intuitively. See also New York Times article

Dictionaries

• Platt's Dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. (Univ. of Chicago)
• www.shabdkosh.com, an English to Hindi dictionary
• Wikipedia's Hindi Wiktionary (मुख्य पृष्ठ)
• bab.la English-Hindi dictionary, non-standard romanization, users can "vote" on entries, suggest own contributions
  

Poetry online

• anubhuti-hindi.org
• Kavitā koś
• Kāvyālaya
• hindipoetry.wordpress.com
• Gītā-kavitā
  

Suggestions for Hindi Practice in the Seattle Area

• Build your vocab with fun Hindi charts from the Alan W. Entwistle Hindi Poster Collection
  
• See Hindi movies in Kirkland's Totem Lake/Roxy Cinema
• Read the news in Hindi:
  • BBC
  • Naī Duniā
  • Google Hindi news aggregator 
•  Read and listen to Hindi news webcasts on the Voice of America Hindi website
  
• There are two daily broadcasts available: morning, evening, 7 day archive or on shortwave.
• Watch Hindi programs on the International Channel on cable (In Seattle area: Channel 15, KBCB) Weekly Listing
• Listen to the radio: KTFH-AM (1680), 12 hours of Hindi/East Indian programming from noon to midnight
• Indian and Pakistani Internet Radio and Online News Radio 
  
• Seattle Hindi TV/Radio sources (broken link as of Nov 2006)
  
• Web sites with Hindi Content:
• Chāyā - a literary journal in Hindi and English
  
• 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 Hindi resources

• Awaiting your suggestions...