The Learn Punjabi course

How this course works

This is a self-paced course, not a class with deadlines. Start at Unit 1 and move through in order - the script first, because reading Gurmukhi makes every later lesson easier. As you finish each lesson, mark it complete and your progress bar fills up. Everything is saved in your browser on this device, so you can close the tab and pick up exactly where you left off. And if you'd like your progress on every device, sign in free - it's optional, takes seconds, and syncs automatically.

There's no single "right" pace. Fifteen focused minutes most days will take you a long way. If you're brand new, read the beginner's roadmap first for study tips, then come back here to begin.

What the seven units cover

Units 1 and 2 build the raw material. The Gurmukhi letters and the vowel signs come first, because everything after them is easier once you can read. Then vocabulary, numbers and family terms - the words you'll reach for daily.

Units 3 and 4 are where most courses stop and this one doesn't. Greetings and set phrases get you through a first meeting, but they run out fast. Sentence structure, pronouns, postpositions, gender, questions and negation are what let you say something nobody wrote down for you.

Units 5 to 7 turn knowledge into fluency. Verbs put your sentences in motion, dialogues give you real speech to shadow, culture explains what you're actually saying, and the last unit - the quiz, the training games and your spaced-repetition deck - is the part that keeps it. Three checkpoints along the way are games rather than reading, because recalling a word under a little pressure is what fixes it.