Lingofrica: Learn Swahili

Learn Swahili, Kikuyu, Luo and Luhya (Bukusu) with Lingofrica: short lessons with pictures, native speaker audio, games and videos, a few minutes a day.

Understand the language at home but can't speak it yet? Or speak a little but not confidently? Lingofrica was made for you, and for complete beginners too.

NEW: SWAHILI IS HERE
Swahili (Kiswahili) is Kenya's national language and is spoken across East Africa. Now you can learn Swahili in the same app as Kikuyu, Luo and Luhya, starting with greetings and everyday words.

YOUR LANGUAGES
Swahili (Kiswahili), spoken across Kenya and East Africa.
Kikuyu (Gikuyu), a Bantu language of central Kenya.
Luo (Dholuo), a Nilotic language of Kenya and East Africa.
Luhya, from western Kenya, taught in the Bukusu dialect.

HOW IT WORKS
1. Pick your language and hear your first words.
2. Choose the topics you want first and set a daily goal.
3. Start your first lesson in minutes.

WHAT YOU GET
• Short lessons with pictures and native speaker audio
• Matching games and trivia that make new words stick
• Video lessons and culture videos
• A Library of every word you have learned
• Favourites for the topics you love
• A daily goal on Home that shows your minutes today
• A daily reminder at the time you choose
• No locked levels: learn topics in any order
• Light and dark themes
• Works offline once your lessons are loaded

WHO IT IS FOR
Kenyans abroad who want to keep their language alive. People who understand Kikuyu, Luo or Luhya at home but have never spoken it. Parents who want to pass a language on to their children. Complete beginners. And anyone living in or visiting Kenya and East Africa who wants to learn Swahili for everyday life.

A PLAN FROM DAY ONE
Tell us why you are learning and how much you already know. Hear your first words and a proverb, pick your topics, set a daily goal and a reminder, and your plan is ready. Your answers stay on your phone.

Lingofrica is free to use. Our mission is to share the languages, heritage and traditions of Africa, one word at a time.

Questions or ideas? Write to support@lingofrica.com or visit lingofrica.com.

Recent changes:
Swahili is here! Learn Swahili alongside Kikuyu, Luo and Luhya, with lessons, pictures and native audio.
New first run: pick your language, hear your first words, choose topics and set a daily goal, then start your first lesson right away.
Daily goal on Home: see your minutes today and get a nudge at the time you choose.
Plus: faster, more reliable loading with Try again everywhere, a better offline experience, dark theme polish and many fixes.