Learn Hindi
हिन्दी · 600+ million speakers
About Hindi
Hindi (हिन्दी) is an Indo-Aryan language descended from Sanskrit and written in the Devanagari script. It shares its colloquial form with Urdu — together they're often called Hindustani — and serves as a lingua franca across much of India.
Where it's spoken
Northern and central India, Nepal, Fiji, and the South Asian diaspora
Interesting facts
- 1Devanagari is one of the most phonetically consistent scripts in the world
- 2Hindi and Urdu are mutually intelligible in everyday speech
- 3Bollywood is the world's largest film industry by ticket sales
Why learn Hindi?
Three reasons to make Hindi your next language.
Speak with 600 million people
Hindi unlocks daily life across India's economic boom and its globally connected diaspora.
A doorway to a continent
Once you have Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi and Nepali become far more approachable.
Bollywood, cricket and biryani
Pop culture in Hindi is loud, joyful, and best appreciated without subtitles.
Your learning path
The Languages Center Hindi course follows the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C1 (advanced).
Beginner
8 sections · 32 lessons
Elementary
8 sections · 32 lessons
Intermediate
7 sections · 28 lessons
Upper-Intermediate
7 sections · 28 lessons
Advanced
5 sections · 20 lessons
Read short articles
Short reads in Hindi at every level — with full English translations side by side. Great for building reading confidence at your pace.
Podcasts
PremiumNative-speaker audio at every level. Listen anywhere.
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Videos
PremiumAnimated lessons, real-life scenes and documentary clips.
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