
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
iLanguageBalochi
Balochi Basics
UChicago Resource ListBengali
Everyday Language Learner
King’s College Resources
Bengali MasterlistBrahui
Overview
Common Phrases (1)
Common Phrases (2)Burmese
Cornell Burmese Resources
University of London ResourcesBumthang
Grammar (1)
Grammar (2)Chakma
MastersiteDhivehi
General Overview
Primary Grade ResourcesDzongkha
Vocabulary
GrammarDimasa
GrammarDogri
OverviewHalbi
Script/LanguageHindi/Urdu
WUSTL Hindi-Urdu Resources
HindiUrdu.net
Hindi-Urdu Flagship Resources
Columbia Hindi-Urdu ResourcesHindko
OverviewFarsi
Virtual Persian
Resource Masterlist (1)
Resource Masterlist (2)Garo
OverviewGondi
MastersiteGujarati
King’s College Resources
Language Reef
Gujarati Learner
Gujarati MasterlistGurung
Video SeriesJingpho
GrammarKannada
UofIowa Resources
Language ReefKashmiri
MastersiteKhams Tibetan
Language MaterialsKharia
Kharia-English DictionaryKhasi
Learning Basic KhasiKurukh
Kurukh GrammarKokborok
Learn KokborokKonkani
Language Reef
Literature Resources
Common PhrasesLepcha
Grammar (1)
Grammar (2)
Basic PhrasesMaithili
Maithili Sentence Structure
Background and LinguisticsMalayalam
UofIowa Resources
Common School PhrasesManipuri
Common Phrases
Language ReefMarathi
iLanguageMishing
GrammarNepali
Nepali: Beginner’s Primer
NepalGo
NepaliLanguage.org
UofIowa Resources
Nepali Masterlist (1)
Nepali Masterlist + MP3 Lessons (2)Nyishi
GrammarPashto
King’s College ResourcesPunjabi
LearnPunjabi.org
King’s College ResourcesShina
Grammar Overview
Grammar and VocabSindhi
Sindhi MasterlistSinhala
Sinhala Basic Course
AISLS Sinhala Studies
Sinhala/Tamil DictionarySora
Swarthmore Talking DictionaryTamang
Writing TamangTamil
Tamil Reader/Grammar
AISLS Tamil ResourcesTelugu
Learning Telugu
UofIowa Resources
Columbia ResourcesTibetan
Emory Resources
Tibetan Masterpost (1)
Tibetan Masterpost (2)
English-Tibetan DictionaryTshangla
OverviewTulu
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