4.7/5 · App Store reviews

Finally speak the language of your grandparents

Tamil, Kurdish, Darija, Wolof… 19 heritage languages, many of them missing from Duolingo, 100% native voices on 11 of them, and spaced-repetition memorisation. 5 minutes a day is enough.

Native voices (11 languages) Free to start Ad-free Spaced repetition
Dialect app screen in Tamil: “kal” flashcard, sentence “Kal kadinamaa irukku.” meaning “The stone is hard.”
App Store rating4.7/5
Tamil Kurdish Vietnamese Turkish Moroccan Darija Algerian Darija ⵣ Kabyle Tunisian Wolof Fula Creole Bambara Lingala Chaoui Rifain Tachelhit Breton Malagasy 𓋹 Hieroglyphs
Why Dialect

Your family's language, not a textbook's

The big apps teach English and Spanish. Dialect exists for the languages you inherit — the ones major platforms ignore.

100% native voices

On 11 languages, every word is recorded by real speakers, never by a speech synthesiser. Your ear tunes to the real accent from day one.

5 minutes a day

Short sessions built for a busy life. Five minutes kept up daily beats an hour on Sunday.

19 languages rarely taught elsewhere

Tamil, Kurdish, Darija, Wolof, Breton… even hieroglyphs. Languages mostly missing from Duolingo, Babbel and Rosetta Stone.

Long-term memory

Spaced repetition brings each word back right before you forget it. What you learn stays with you, for calls home and family reunions.

The app

Simple, beautiful, effective

Three screens are enough to see why people come back every day.

Pick your language

19 languages, including yours

Tamil, Kurdish, Darija, Wolof, Breton… all the way to hieroglyphs. Each language carries its real flag and a structured path, from your first word to everyday phrases.

Unit-based path
“Choose a dialect” sheet in Dialect with real flags: Tamil selected, Turkish, Vietnamese
Learn

5 minutes, flat

Audio flashcards, quizzes, everyday phrases: a full session fits inside a metro ride. You listen, you repeat, and the session is done before your stop.

Audio on every word Works offline
Dialect listening quiz: a word to listen to, the correct answer ticked in green among four options Dialect flashcard: “kal”, sentence “Kal kadinamaa irukku.” meaning “The stone is hard.”, with “To Review” and “I know it” buttons
Stay consistent

Consistency becomes a game

Day streaks, word milestones, badges and celebrations: every session feeds visible progress. That progress is what brings you back tomorrow.

Day streak Milestones & badges
Dialect streak card: 21-day streak, row of daily flames, weekly goal reached and “Streak safe for today” label Dialect milestone card: next milestone 44 of 50 words, with progress bars
They found their language again
4.7 on the App Store

Reviews from the French App Store, translated.

On Instagram

The community, day to day

A word, an expression, a piece of culture: what we post every week for everyone relearning their family's language.

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Dialect is on Instagram

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The method

Three habits, backed by neuroscience

No “fluent in 30 days” promises: a simple mechanism that works with how your memory actually functions.

Every day

Listen and repeat

Audio from the very first word. You repeat out loud, even alone in your kitchen, and your accent tunes to the right model.

At the right time

Review before you forget

Spaced repetition shows each word again right before you forget it. Easy words spread out, hard ones come back.

With family

Speak before you're ready

From 50 words on, drop them into a family call. The smiles you get are worth more than any badge.

Your progress

A seed that grows with every review

Every session earns XP, and your plant changes at each tier — the whole road since your first word, at a glance.

  1. Level 1 Seed Your very first words, with audio in your ear from the first session.
  2. Level 6 Curious Ear Two leaves. You catch words by ear now, without reading them.
  3. Level 16 Souk Chatterbox The plant flowers. Your first real sentences in a family call.
  4. Level 31 Keeper of Words An olive tree. Hundreds of words that stick, reviewed at the right moment.
Ready in 30 seconds

Start for free, today

Free daily session. On iPhone via the App Store, on Android via Google Play, or straight in the browser on desktop.

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