Lingofrica: Learn Swahili
Kikuyu, Luo & Luhya Lessons
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Learn Swahili, Kikuyu, Luo and Luhya (Bukusu) with short lessons, pictures and native speaker audio.
Understand the language at home but can't speak it yet? Lingofrica gets you speaking, a few minutes a day.
NEW: SWAHILI IS HERE
Swahili joins Kikuyu, Luo and Luhya. Start with greetings and everyday words, hear how native speakers say them, and build from there.
YOUR LANGUAGES
• Swahili (Kiswahili): Kenya's national language, spoken across 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 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 a language alive
• Anyone who understands but can't speak, or speaks but not well
• Complete beginners starting from zero
• Parents who want to pass a language on to the next generation
• Anyone living in, or visiting, Kenya and East Africa
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. Your plan is ready in minutes, and 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.
Download Lingofrica and say your first Swahili words today.
What's New, 4.2.0 (626/4000)
Swahili is here! Learn Swahili alongside Kikuyu, Luo and Luhya (Bukusu), with short lessons, pictures and native speaker audio.
A new first run: pick your language, hear your first words and a proverb, choose your 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.
Also in this update:
• Faster, more reliable loading, with a Try again button wherever something fails to load
• A better offline experience
• Dark theme polish
• Many fixes
Thank you for learning with us. Tell us what you think at support@lingofrica.com.
Bug fixes and improvements
The developer, Lingofrica, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- LINGOFRICA VENTURES LTD
- Size
- 82.3 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Lingofrica Ventures LTD