"My kids hated going to language school. It felt like 'forced homework'. I'm glad we discovered COOLPHABETS."
Learn Hindi
Your child follows every word of Hindi. Can they read one?
COOLPHABETS teaches children to read and write all 46 Hindi letters by hand, with an on-device AI coach that checks every stroke.
Heard everywhere. Read nowhere.
Children in Hindi-speaking families abroad hear the language all day. It is in the kitchen, on the phone with Dadi and Nani, and in every film song they know by heart.
Yet hand them a line of Hindi on paper and most cannot read it. Listening teaches the sounds. It never teaches the letters, and at home there is rarely a quiet hour to sit down with a notebook.
Many parents tell us they feel this more with each passing year. The child who sings along cannot read the lyrics, a birthday card from India, or a shop sign on the next visit. And a script that one generation does not learn is one the next will never see at home.
Most language apps
- Teach speaking and listening
- Tap the right answer
- Made for someone starting from zero
COOLPHABETS
- Teaches reading and writing
- Write every letter by hand
- Made for children who already speak it at home
The alphabet
The Hindi alphabet: 46 letters your child will learn
Hindi is written in Devanagari. It has 13 vowels, called स्वर (swar), and 33 consonants, called व्यंजन (vyanjan). COOLPHABETS starts at अ and works through every one.
Vowels स्वर 13
- अ a
- आ ā
- इ i
- ई ī
- उ u
- ऊ ū
- ऋ ru
- ए e
- ऐ ai
- ओ o
- औ au
- अं am
- अः aha
Consonants व्यंजन 33
- क ka
- ख kha
- ग ga
- घ gha
- ङ nga
- च cha
- छ chha
- ज ja
- झ jha
- ञ nya
- ट Ta
- ठ Tha
- ड Da
- ढ Dha
- ण Na
- त ta
- थ tha
- द da
- ध dha
- न na
- प pa
- फ pha
- ब ba
- भ bha
- म ma
- य ya
- र ra
- ल la
- व va
- श sha
- ष Sha
- स sa
- ह ha
A capital letter marks a sound made with the tongue curled back, as in Ta and Da. A line over a vowel means it is held longer.
The Hindi alphabet chart All 46 letters on one page. Open it to save or print for the fridge door.
The hard parts
What makes Hindi hard to write
Devanagari looks orderly, and it is. These four habits are the ones that take practice.
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The line on top
Every letter hangs from a headline called the shirorekha (शिरोरेखा). In a word the line runs across all the letters and joins them, and it is drawn last, after the letters themselves.
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A vowel written before it is spoken
In कि you say the k first and the i second, but the sign for i is written to the left of क. Children write it on the wrong side for weeks.
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Look-alike pairs
A closed loop or a small gap is all that separates ब from व, घ from ध, and भ from म.
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Half letters
When two consonants meet, the first loses part of its shape and leans on the second. बच्चा (bachcha, child) has a half च joined to a full one. Words and sentences in the app are where these come into practice.
First words
Five Hindi words to write first
Everyday words, each with one thing to notice.
- माँ maa mother
The moon and dot on top make the sound nasal.
- घर ghar house
Two plain letters joined by the line on top.
- पानी paani water
A long ā sign after प and a long ī sign after न.
- फूल phool flower
The long ū sign hangs below फ.
- नाम naam name
One vowel sign sitting between two letters.
How it works
One letter at a time, written by hand.
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Watch. The letter draws itself, stroke by stroke, in the right order.
- 2
Write. Your child writes it with a finger. No tapping on answers, no typing.
- 3
Get checked. CoolphaSense scores the strokes they actually made, on the device.
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Hear it. A native voice says the letter. Or yours, if you record it.
After the letters come words, sentences and games. See everything COOLPHABETS does.
Questions
What Hindi parents ask us
My child understands Hindi but cannot read it. Where do we start?
At the first vowel, अ. The app goes through the 13 vowels and then the 33 consonants, one letter at a time, before moving on to words and sentences. A child who already knows the sounds only has to learn the shapes that go with them.
We speak a mix of Hindi and English at home. Does that matter?
No. COOLPHABETS teaches the script, not conversation. Whatever Hindi your child hears at home is enough to connect each letter to a sound they already know.
I can speak Hindi but never learned to write it. Can I use it too?
Of course. Many adults speak Hindi fluently and were never taught to write it. The plan includes 4 family members, so you can have a profile of your own.
Can my child hear the letters in my voice?
Yes. The app speaks each letter in a native Hindi voice. You can also record yourself, and your child will hear Mummy or Papa instead.
Does it need the internet?
No. After the first download everything runs on the phone or tablet, including the AI that checks the handwriting.
What does it cost?
$50 a year for the whole family, and less in many countries. You can try everything for 7 days without paying.