South Asian Language Resource Sites

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Multiple Languages

The South Asia Language Resource Center at the University of Chicago

Can do statements, ACTFL, 2020, accessed 19 March 2020, https://www.actfl.org/publications/guidelines-and-manuals/ncssfl-actfl-can-do-statements

World-readiness standards ACTFL, 2020, accessed 20 March 2020, https://www.actfl.org/publications/all/world-readiness-standards-learning-languages

Hindi

HindiCentral.com – Learn Hindi, Hindi Grammar & Pronunciation – Learn Hindi, Hindi Grammar & Pronunciation

Virtual Hindi (NYU)

University of Texas for Hindi script, pronunciation, grammar, rhymes, dialogues, interviews, typing and more: https://hindi.la.utexas.edu/resources/grammar/

Basic Hindi by Rajiv Ranjan https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/basichindi/

Language Resource Center, 2020, Columbia University, accessed 1 March 2020, http://hindistartalk.lrc.columbia.edu/

Virtual Hindi, Gabriela Nik Illieva, 2016, New York University, accessed 28 December 2019,
https://wp.nyu.edu/virtualhindi/

Self-learning platform https://e-hindi.amu.edu.pl/

Hindi Urdu Flagship, 2020, The University of Texas-Austin, accessed 2 February 2020, http://hindiurduflagship.org/

The language of health, Hindi Urdu Flagship, 2020, The University of Texas-Austin, accessed 2 February 2020, http://hindiurduflagship.org/resources/learning-teaching/language-for-health/

Hindi-Urdu by Sungok Hong, Sunil Kumar Bhatt, Rajiv Ranjan, and Lakhan Gusain https://open.lib.umn.edu/hindiurdu/

A door into Hindi, US Department of Education, 2002, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, accessed 18 March 2020, https://taj.oasis.unc.edu/lessons.html

Delacy, Richard, and Sudha Joshi. 2014. Elementary Hindi: An Introduction to the Language. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing.

Delacy, Richard, and Sudha Joshi. 2014. Elementary Hindi Workbook: An Introduction to the Language. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing.

Jain, Usha R. 1995. Introduction to Hindi Grammar. Berkeley: Center for South Asia Studies, University of California.

Jain, Usha R., and Karine Schomer. 1999. Intermediate Hindi Reader. Berkeley: Center for South Asia Studies, University of California.

Jain, Usha R. 2007. Advanced Hindi Grammar. Berkeley: Center for South Asia Studies, University of California.

Kachru, Yamuna, and Rajeshwari Pandharipande. 2010. Intermediate Hindi, New Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass.

Knapczyk, Kusum, and Peter A. Knapczyk. 2020. Reading Hindi: Novice to Intermediate. New York: Routledge.

McGregor Ronald, S. 1993. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Pien, Joshua A., and Fauzia Farooqui. 2013. Beginning Hindi: A Complete Course. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

Sharma, Naresh, and Tej K Bhatia. 2015. The Routledge Intermediate Hindi Reader. New York: Routledge.

Snell, Rupert, and Simon Weightman. 2011. Complete Hindi: A Teach Yourself Guide. London: McGraw-Hill, 2nd edition.

Snell, Rupert. 2012. Essential Hindi Dictionary: A Teach Yourself Guide. London: McGraw-Hill, 2nd edition.

Snell, Rupert. 2014. Complete Hindi. Teach Yourself. London: McGraw-Hill, 3rd edition.

Taneja, Sonia. 2012. Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Hindi. London: McGraw-Hill Education.

Taneja, Sonia. 2018. Basic Hindi 2: Workbook. Pittsburg: Setu Publication.

Verma, Sheela. 2002. Intermediate Level Hindi: A Textbook. Delhi: Manohar.

Verma, Sheela. 2007. A Course in Advanced Hindi. New Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass.

Hindi-Urdu

The Hindi-Urdu Flagship at the University of Texas, Austin

Sanskrit

Sanskrit Library

Tamil

http://www.thetamillanguage.com

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/tamilweb/

Basic Tamil by Vidya Mohan and Rajiv Ranjan https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/basictamil/

Urdu

Frances W. Pritchett’s Website

Virtual Urdu (NYU)

Basic Urdu by Rajiv Ranjan https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/urdu/