🇳🇵 Learn Nepali online
If you want to learn Nepali online, you'll notice most resources either assume you already know Hindi or simply don't exist — no major app offers Nepali. It's the official language of Nepal, an Indo-Aryan language written in Devanagari, with a large diaspora and a rich layer of politeness levels built into the grammar.
Langadoo gives Nepali the full toolkit. Transcribe Nepali YouTube videos, watch with dual Nepali-and-English subtitles, click any word for an explanation, and save words and sentences into spaced repetition. AI-generated Nepali stories, built from your own vocabulary, give you comprehensible reading at the right level even where graded material is scarce.
- Native name
- नेपाली
- Speakers
- ~16 million native, ~32 million total
- Spoken in
- Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar
- Writing system
- Devanagari
- Difficulty
- Category IV — an Indo-Aryan language written in Devanagari
Try reading a little Nepali
This is exactly how learning works inside Langadoo. Click any word in the Nepali text below to see what it means — the highlighted words also show a translation on hover.
A first taste of Nepali
Click on any word to see its meaning — highlighted words have translations on hover
Why learning Nepali is hard
- Nepali is written in Devanagari, so learning the script is the first step before reading native content.
- It has a layered honorific system — different pronouns and verb forms for low, middle and high levels of politeness — that you choose based on social context.
- Word order is subject-object-verb, and it uses postpositions where English uses prepositions.
- Verbs agree with gender and number, and there's a set of aspirated consonant contrasts to master.
- Most English-facing resources lean on Hindi, so genuinely Nepali-focused material is limited.
The honest gap: Duolingo, Babbel and Busuu don't offer Nepali. Many resources assume Hindi as a starting point rather than teaching Nepali directly.
How Langadoo helps you learn Nepali
- Learn from Nepali YouTube videos — transcribe any video and watch with dual Nepali-and-English subtitles.
- AI-generated Nepali stories — comprehensible reading built from the words you already know (Krashen's i+1).
- Spaced repetition — save words and sentences into a true SM-2 review system with bidirectional cards.
- Sentence mining — capture real Nepali sentences and audio clips from content you actually enjoy.
- Instant word explanations — tap any word for grammar, usage and examples in context.
Reading and writing Nepali
Nepali uses the Devanagari script (shared with Hindi and Marathi), written left to right with a connecting headline across the top of words. Langadoo renders and stores Devanagari correctly, so your saved words keep their exact spelling.
Nepali YouTube channels to learn from
- Nepali Classes with Rojina — Well-organised playlists on grammar, useful phrases and pronunciation, taught in clear English.
- Nepali Language Hub — Animated, bite-sized lessons breaking down grammar and vocabulary.
- NepaliPod101 — A broad library of video and audio lessons from beginner greetings to advanced dialogues.
Drop any of these into Langadoo, transcribe a video, and start mining words straight into your review deck.
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