Free Hindi Pronunciation Test: check every word you say

How to check your Hindi pronunciation

Each sentence in this Hindi pronunciation test is built around something learners find hard: short and long vowels, aspirated consonants, retroflex versus dental t and d, nasal vowels and the flap ड़. Read it aloud and a speech model trained on native Hindi speakers compares every word you say with the text.

You get an overall score from 0 to 100, plus accuracy, fluency and completeness. Every word gets its own score, so you can see which ones sound off and start there. You can also type your own Hindi text in Devanagari, up to 160 characters, and check it the same way.

How the test works

1. 01

   Read five sentences aloud

   Each sentence is short and built around sounds that learners of this language find hard. You can also type your own text, up to 160 characters, or tap one of the hard words to try.

2. 02

   AI scores every word

   A speech-assessment model trained on native speakers compares what you say with the text. It scores accuracy, fluency and completeness from 0 to 100, and gives every word its own score.

3. 03

   Get your report

   Each word is coloured by how close it was, and you see a short list of words to practise first. Record a sentence again to check your progress, then share your score with a friend.

The hardest Hindi sounds for learners

• Short and long vowels

  Hindi vowels come in short and long pairs, and length can change the word: दिन din (day) and दीन dīn (poor), कम kam (less) and काम kām (work). The short a, written with no vowel sign, is a relaxed 'uh' sound, close to the u in 'but'. At the end of most words this short a is not pronounced: कमल is kamal, not kamala.

• Aspirated consonants

  Hindi has pairs of consonants that differ only in a puff of air: प pa and फ pha, त ta and थ tha, क ka and ख kha. Unaspirated sounds have no puff at all, even less than the p in 'spin'. The puff changes meaning: पल pal (moment) and फल phal (fruit). Voiced sounds have aspirated partners too, like भ bh in भाई bhāī (brother) and घ gh in घर ghar (house).

• Retroflex and dental consonants

  Hindi has two kinds of t and d. Dental त t and द d are made with the tongue tip against the back of the upper teeth. Retroflex ट ṭ and ड ḍ are made with the tip curled back against the roof of the mouth. English t and d sit in between, so practise both: दाल dāl (lentils) and डाल ḍāl (branch).

• Nasal vowels

  A dot or moon sign above a letter (ं, ँ) makes the vowel nasal: air flows through the nose as you say it, with no full n at the end. माँ mā̃ (mother), हाँ hā̃ (yes), कहाँ kahā̃ (where), मैं maĩ (I). Compare है hai (is) and हैं haĩ (are): the nasal vowel is the only difference.

• The flap ड़ and ढ़

  ड़ ṛ is a quick flap: curl your tongue tip back, then flick it forward against the roof of the mouth as it comes down. It appears between vowels and at the end of words: सड़क saṛak (road), बड़ा baṛā (big), गाड़ी gāṛī (car). ढ़ ṛh is the same flap with a puff of air, as in पढ़ना paṛhnā (to read). Don't replace them with d or with an English r.

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