🇮🇳 The best YouTube channels for learning Punjabi

Seventy-odd videos working systematically through the Gurmukhi alphabet, the vowel signs and how they combine into words. Script is where Punjabi learners in the diaspora stall — they can speak and cannot read — and this is the clearest free treatment of it. Taught largely in Punjabi with Punjabi examples.

A native speaker teaching the alphabet, everyday sentences and reading, explicitly for diaspora families who want their children to keep the language. Explanations come in English and Hindi, which makes it accessible from either starting point. Small channel, steady output.

The most learner-usable authentic Punjabi there is: BBC's house style is plain, articles are short, and the video reports repeat the written story. Covers Indian Punjab and the diaspora. Gurmukhi script throughout — this is where reading practice becomes reading.

A franchise of local producers filming unscripted street interviews, each episode subtitled in the target language and English, which is the closest free thing to hearing how people genuinely speak. All YouTube episodes are free; membership adds transcripts, vocabulary lists and exercises. Real-speed unscripted speech is hard early on — start with the slower 'Super Easy' episodes if you are below B1.