diff --git a/TTS/tts/layers/xtts/tokenizer.py b/TTS/tts/layers/xtts/tokenizer.py
index 5284874397..1a3cc47aaf 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/layers/xtts/tokenizer.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/layers/xtts/tokenizer.py
@@ -636,6 +636,9 @@ def preprocess_text(self, txt, lang):
                 txt = korean_transliterate(txt)
         elif lang == "ja":
             txt = japanese_cleaners(txt, self.katsu)
+        elif lang == "hi":
+            # @manmay will implement this
+            txt = basic_cleaners(txt)
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError(f"Language '{lang}' is not supported.")
         return txt