learn hindi

I have started using Byki express. At first I did not like the fact that it does not spell out Hindi phrases in Roman characters, but I have found that this help one to learn recognize sounds in Devanagari. I highly recommend this language learning tool. It also hosts dozens of other languages.

www.Byki.com

Well learning Devanagari is not easy but I will persevere. In the mean time I will move on to phases and come back to consonants and vowels in a couple of days when I have a few basic phases down. I haven’t even began to look at conjuncts, as I want to feel comfortable with the basic consonants and vowels first.

The following resource seems helpful:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=81F1EB9D9FBB8522

I will also look into finding a native speaker in my area to help out once or twice a week.

I just found this resource for learning Devanagari:

http://www.avashy.com/hindiscripttutor.htm

I want to learn hindi so I can communicate more effectively when I travel to India but also as a stepping stone to learning classical Indian languages (Sanskrit and Pali) so as to study ancient Indian texts

Some resources I am currently using are:

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/hindi/alphabet/