Your Connected Language Coach

Make sense of Amharic, Tigrinya, Afaan Oromo & Somali

HOW IT WORKS

Learning that feels
like playing.

Three steps, zero textbooks. Keep scrolling — the cards stack up just like your streak will.

Meet the fidel — all 33 of them.

Tap a glyph, hear it, trace it, own it. The alphabet your parents grew up with becomes muscle memory before you know it.

Start with the fidel — animated walkthrough

Play, don’t study.

Hearts, gems and combo streaks turn vocabulary into a game you’ll actually crave. Miss a day and your friend takes your spot — no pressure.

Listening · speaking · matching · speed rounds

Level up — animated game loop

Collect badges.
Beat your cousins.

Weekly quests, hand-drawn badges and a family leaderboard. Bragging rights at Sunday dinner have never been this earnable.

Collect badges — animated rewards

Join Ethiopians across the world, learning their language & connecting to their roots

For families

From your first ሰላም to holding your own at Sunday dinner.

Start learning free

Built for parents raising bilingual kids — and for grown-ups reclaiming the words they grew up hearing but were never taught.

Five-minute lessons, native-speaker audio and a leaderboard the whole house shares. The full fidel course is free forever, and one family plan covers up to six profiles.

StepSet up your profiles
001

Two minutes, then you're learning

Pick Amharic, set a daily goal you'll actually hit — five, ten or fifteen minutes — and add a profile for each kid. Streaks, hearts and progress stay separate for everyone in the house. (Tigrinya, Afaan Oromo and Somali are next in line.)

StepLearn the fidel
002

33 letters, one lesson at a time

The first unit is the alphabet. Tap a glyph, hear a native speaker say it, trace it, then match it against the ones you've already met. Five minutes a lesson — and the whole fidel course is free, forever.

StepPractise daily
003

Five hearts and drills that keep moving

Listening, speaking, matching and translation rounds, shuffled so nothing goes stale. A wrong answer costs a heart and comes back before the lesson ends; whatever you keep missing lands in tomorrow's review.

StepKeep the streak
004

Quests, leagues and Sunday bragging rights

Every finished lesson banks XP toward the week's leaderboard, and weekly quests stop the routine going flat. Put the family on one plan and the standings become a running argument at dinner.

PICK YOUR
LANGUAGE.
  • አማርኛAvailable Now

    Amharic

    Hello

    ሰላምSelam

  • አፋን ኦሮሞComing Soon

    Affan Oromo

    Hello

    Akkam

  • ትግርኛComing Soon

    Tigrigna

    Hello

    ሰላምSelam

  • ሶማሊComing Soon

    Somalia

    Hello

    Nabad

GET THE APP

Bring the fidel to the dinner table.

Download Abugida and say your first ሰላም tonight. The first lesson takes five minutes — the streak lasts generations.

Download now
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FrequentlyAskedQuestions

What languages can I learn on Abugida?

Abugida currently offers full Amharic lessons, with Tigrinya, Afaan Oromo, and Somali on the way. Each course starts from the fidel and builds to real conversation — no prior knowledge needed.

How does Abugida teach the fidel alphabet?

You tap a glyph, hear it pronounced by a native speaker, trace it, and then get quizzed on it. Repetition is woven into the game loop so the alphabet becomes muscle memory before you realise it.

Is Abugida suitable for children?

Absolutely. The app is designed for the whole family — kid-friendly visuals, short five-minute lessons, and a family leaderboard that makes siblings compete instead of scroll. Parents can create child profiles and track their progress.

Do I need to pay to start learning?

No. The Free plan gives you the complete fidel course, daily lessons, streaks, and leaderboards forever. The Premium Family plan unlocks unlimited hearts, offline lessons, and early access to new languages for up to six profiles.

Can I use Abugida offline?

Offline lessons are available on the Premium Family plan — perfect for long flights home or areas with spotty signal. Downloaded lessons sync your progress automatically the next time you reconnect.

How does the family leaderboard work?

Every profile in your family group earns points from completed lessons and daily streaks. The leaderboard updates in real time so bragging rights at the dinner table are always backed by actual data.