Learn Bengali with these useful resources from around the web.
There’s never been a better time to learn a language. No matter your age or experience, a plethora of tools and resources are available to get you started or help you improve your language skills.
Best of all, many of these resources are completely free.
Check out the links below to jump-start your Bengali.
General
Omniglot - Basic overview of Bengali with alphabet and useful links |
Wikipedia - Overview of the Bengali language |
Free Courses
Peace Corps - Introductory Bengali language course |
Jaspell - Short course (transliterated) |
Paid Courses
Amazon - Bengali language learning materials |
Phrases
Dictionaries and Translation
Grammar and Vocabulary
Forvo - Collection of Bengali words pronounced by native speakers |
Wikipedia - Bengali grammar |
Memrise - Spaced repetition site and app for learning Bengali vocabulary |
Video
TED - Watch TED talks with Bengali subtitles and transcripts |
YouTube - Search videos for learning Bengali |
Radio and Podcasts
Social Media
Meetup - List of Bengali language meetups worldwide |
Reddit - /r/bengalilanguage subreddit for learning Bengali |
Books
News
Other Resources
Articles and Opinion
This list is updated as more resources become available. You may want to bookmark this page so you can easily refer to it again later.
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