Learn African
languages.
Learn 30+ African languages through stories, culture, and conversations.
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About Urithi
Built for learning
African languages.
Urithi is an African language learning app that brings lessons, stories, and culture together. Learn useful words and phrases, then practise listening, speaking, and translation.
Whether you’re reconnecting with a language spoken in your family or learning one for the first time, start with everyday greetings and build from there.
Inside the app
Small lessons.
Meaningful connections.
Luo, Kikuyu, Nuer, and more. Start with a greeting, find your rhythm, and make every little win count.
Translate
Tap the words to build the sentence.
Hear a line in Luo, Kikuyu, or Nuer — then tap English words in the right order. Extra words sit in the bank so you have to actually understand it.
Speak
Listen first. Then say it out loud.
Play the phrase, hold the mic, and repeat it. Can’t speak right now? Skip the mic and keep the lesson moving.
Listen
Type the phrase you just heard.
Tap play, slow it down if you need, then type what you heard. Get it wrong and we show the correct line before you move on.
See it in action
See the word. Tap the picture.
Quizzes pair everyday words with people and scenes — so you learn what mũtumia means, not just how to spell it.
Supported languages
30 African languages.
From Luo and Kikuyu to Yoruba, Amharic, and Malagasy.
- Fon Benin
- Kirundi Burundi
- Lingala DR Congo
- Tigrinya Eritrea & Ethiopia
- Amharic Ethiopia
- Oromo Ethiopia
- Akan Twi Ghana
- Ewe Ghana & Togo
- Kalenjin Kenya
- Kikuyu Kenya
- Luo (Dholuo) Kenya
- Malagasy Madagascar
- Chichewa / Nyanja Malawi & Zambia
- Bambara Mali
- Hausa Nigeria
- Igbo Nigeria
- Yoruba Nigeria
- Kinyarwanda Rwanda
- Krio Sierra Leone
- Somali Somalia
- Sesotho South Africa & Lesotho
- Tsonga South Africa
- Tswana South Africa & Botswana
- Xhosa South Africa
- Nuer South Sudan
- Luganda Uganda
- Dyula West Africa
- Fulani / Fulfulde West Africa
- Bemba Zambia
- Shona Zimbabwe
Your next chapter
It starts with
a single word.
Bring your language a little closer. Get Urithi today.
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