Here’s a masterpost of resources to aid in learning South Asian languages! This is by NO means comprehensive. A very limited number of languages are represented here. This search was really frustrating because the more I looked, the more I realized how many dozens of South Asian languages are simply not represented or their existence acknowledged. If you have any resources/languages you’d like to me to add, please let me know!
Assamese iLanguage
Balochi Balochi Basics UChicago Resource List
Bengali Everyday Language Learner King’s College Resources Bengali Masterlist
Brahui Overview Common Phrases (1) Common Phrases (2)
Burmese Cornell Burmese Resources University of London Resources
Bumthang Grammar (1) Grammar (2)
Chakma Mastersite
Dari King’s College Resources
Dhivehi General Overview Primary Grade Resources
Dzongkha Vocabulary Grammar
Dimasa Grammar
Dogri Overview
Halbi Script/Language
Hindi/Urdu WUSTL Hindi-Urdu Resources HindiUrdu.net Hindi-Urdu Flagship Resources Columbia Hindi-Urdu Resources
Hindko Overview
Ho Swarthmore Resources Farsi Virtual Persian Resource Masterlist (1) Resource Masterlist (2)
Garo Overview
Gondi Mastersite
Gujarati King’s College Resources Language Reef Gujarati Learner Gujarati Masterlist
Gurung Video Series
Jingpho Grammar
Kannada UofIowa Resources Language Reef
Kashmiri Mastersite
Khams Tibetan Language Materials
Kharia Kharia-English Dictionary
Khasi Learning Basic Khasi
Kurukh Kurukh Grammar
Kokborok Learn Kokborok
Konkani Language Reef Literature Resources Common Phrases
Lepcha Grammar (1) Grammar (2) Basic Phrases
Maithili Maithili Sentence Structure Background and Linguistics
Malayalam UofIowa Resources Common School Phrases
Manipuri Common Phrases Language Reef
Marathi iLanguage
Mishing Grammar
Nepali Nepali: Beginner’s Primer NepalGo NepaliLanguage.org UofIowa Resources Nepali Masterlist (1) Nepali Masterlist + MP3 Lessons (2)
Nyishi Grammar
Odia Resource Masterlist
Pashto King’s College Resources
Punjabi LearnPunjabi.org King’s College Resources Shina Grammar Overview Grammar and Vocab
Sindhi Sindhi Masterlist
Sinhala Sinhala Basic Course AISLS Sinhala Studies Sinhala/Tamil Dictionary
Sora Swarthmore Talking Dictionary
Tamang Writing Tamang
Tamil Tamil Reader/Grammar AISLS Tamil Resources
Telugu Learning Telugu UofIowa Resources Columbia Resources
Tibetan Emory Resources Tibetan Masterpost (1) Tibetan Masterpost (2) English-Tibetan Dictionary
Tshangla Overview
Tulu Common Phrases (1) Common Phrases (2) Common Phrases (3) Common Phrases (4)
Apps Mango Languages (Bengali, Dari, Dzongkha, Farsi, Hindi, Malayalam, Pashto, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu) Livemocha (Farsi, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu) Duolingo (Hindi)
Other Resources So You Want to Learn a Language? (has resources on a ton of languages!) Digital South Asia Library Digital Dictionaries of South Asia (this resource is awesome!) UChicago Recommended Resources Omniglot (has some basic info for a lot of languages) Languages of India Mastersite












