Batua: Learn Basque

Batua is a free app for learning standard Basque (euskara batua) from scratch up to B2 level. It follows the norms of Euskaltzaindia (the Royal Academy of the Basque Language) and the HABE curriculum (HEOC).

SHORT LESSONS
• Short sentences, word tiles, dictations and listening exercises: a few minutes a day.
• Over 80 units and more than 3,000 words, with explanations in Spanish, French, English or Catalan.

HEAR BASQUE
• Basque voices Maider and Antton (HiTZ – Aholab, UPV/EHU), with a slow-speed option.
• Dialogues and texts for learning vocabulary in context.

SPEAK AND WRITE
• Record your voice and play it back. The recording stays on your iPhone.
• Short writing tasks, checked with tolerance for small typos.

SPACED REVIEW
• Spaced daily review (FSRS): each word comes back just before you would forget it.
• Auxiliary verb trainer: NOR, NOR-NORK and NOR-NORI-NORK.
• Mock exams at B1 and B2 level.

A BASQUE TOUCH
• Txapi, the mascot in a txapela (Basque beret), celebrates your right answers.
• Original sounds of txalaparta, txistu and alboka.
• Daily streak: a fire that grows every day you study. Mendi-aterpea (mountain refuge) protects your streak if you miss a day. Plus daily challenges and acorns (ezkurrak).

PRIVACY
Free, no ads, no purchases and no account. Batua collects no data: your progress stays on your iPhone and works offline.

Batua is an independent project and is not affiliated with HABE, Euskaltzaindia, HiTZ or UPV/EHU. It does not award official certificates.

Batua is an independent project and is not official from any Basque institution.