An online language academy

Learn the 22 languages of India, one careful lesson at a time.

Fluent Bharata is a quiet, scholarly home for beginner courses in every official Indian language — from Hindi and Tamil to Bodo, Santali, Sanskrit and Sindhi. Each course gives you the script, sounds, phrases and a small conversation to begin speaking right away.

What every course covers

The script & sounds

How letters look, how they sound, and how to read aloud.

Greetings & politeness

The everyday social glue: hellos, thanks, sorries, goodbyes.

Introducing yourself

Name, place, small talk, the very first conversation.

Numbers, time & family

The vocabulary of daily life: count, tell time, name people.

Food, travel & shopping

Order tea, ask the way, find out the price.

A first conversation

Twelve lessons in, you complete a short dialogue end-to-end.