Òwe · Proverb of the day

Bí ọmọde bá ṣubú, a wo iwájú; bí àgbà bá ṣubú, a wo ẹ̀yìn.

When a child falls, they look ahead; when an elder falls, they look behind.

Kọ́ Yorùbá by Abibitumi

Learn Yorùbá for a Brighter Tomorrow

Ìwà l'ẹwà.

Character is beauty.

Learn Yorùbá through games, guided practice, and real conversation.

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Build real conversation skills with guided lessons, games and speaking practice.

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Ìkíni — Greetings

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Add Kọ́ Yorùbá to your phone for a focused, full-screen learning experience with your lessons and progress ready when you return.

  • Opens like an app
  • No app store required
  • Your progress stays synced
  • Works on iPhone and Android

Courses first, games to make it stick

A complete learning system — structured lessons, speaking practice, games and a tutor — each one built around real situations you'll face in Yorùbáland.

Structured Courses

Full courses developed from Abibitumi's Yorùbá curriculum — dialogues, tappable audio, graded quizzes and progress that resumes where you left off.

Word Match Games

Tap-to-match English and Yorùbá across greetings, family, food and market talk — the words you'll use from day one.

AI Yorùbá Tutor

Chat with Kọ́lá, your patient AI tutor, for answers about grammar, culture and real-life phrasing — any time.

Pronunciation Practice

Speak into your microphone and get instant feedback, so you arrive sounding like you belong.

Cultural Scene Builder

Arrange a Yorùbá market or family compound and absorb vocabulary in the context where it lives.

Searchable Phrasebook

Search every word, save favourites and revise them any time — your pocket Yorùbá companion.

Start speaking in three steps

No placement tests, no grammar drills — just play.

1

Create your free account

Sign up in under a minute — no credit card, no commitment.

2

Play your first match

Jump straight into Word Match and earn XP with every correct pair.

3

Level up every day

Build streaks, unlock levels and track your progress toward fluency.

A guided path, developed from Abibitumi's Yorùbá curriculum

Every course here is developed from Abibitumi's Yorùbá curriculum and educational content, taught through Abibitumi Kasa. Three tracks build on each other — dialogues, tappable audio, graded quizzes and practice exercises, with progress that picks up where you left off. Follow the path in order, or jump straight to your level: nothing is locked behind a placement test.

1Track 1
Beginner
Free
8 lessons

Yorùbá Foundations

A practical beginner course in Yorùbá sounds, tones, greetings, introductions and everyday conversation.

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New to Yorùbá? Start with Track 1. Already conversational? Skip ahead — the intermediate track never requires the earlier ones.

Learners finding their voice

From first greetings to full conversations at the family table.

2,400+
Active learners
17+
Structured course lessons
4.9★
Learner rating
180+
Words & phrases

I landed in Èkó and greeted my grandmother properly for the first time. She cried. This app gave me that.

Portrait of Bísí Adéyẹmí
Bísí Adéyẹmí
Diaspora learner, Atlanta

The market scenes taught me how to actually bargain. Word Match made vocabulary stick without feeling like school.

Portrait of Délé Ọlátúnjí
Délé Ọlátúnjí
Repatriate, London → Ìbàdàn

I recommend it to every family preparing to move home. The pronunciation practice is the closest thing to a patient auntie.

Portrait of Yẹ́mísí Akínyẹmí
Yẹ́mísí Akínyẹmí
Yorùbá teacher & community lead

Ten minutes a day on my commute and I'm holding real conversations with my dad in Yorùbá. The streak keeps me honest.

Portrait of Kọ́lá Andrews
Kọ́lá Andrews
Student, Toronto

Simple membership, whole curriculum

Free builds the habit and teaches the foundations. Premium completes the curriculum and lets you practise with AI as much as you like.

Free

Build the habit and learn the foundations.

$0 / forever

No credit card. No daily limits on games.

  • Full Yorùbá Foundations course
  • Lesson 1 of every other course as a free preview
  • Word Match — no daily limits
  • Phrase Builder & Scene Builder core modes
  • Full searchable dictionary & phrasebook with favorites
  • Pronunciation practice with native audio
  • Grammar reference
  • Streaks, XP, dashboard, study plan & progress stats
  • Taste the AI: 5 tutor messages, 1 coached conversation and 2 writing checks every 7 days
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Premium

Best value

Complete the curriculum and practice with AI.

$6.67 / month

$79.99 billed once a year — you keep $63.89 compared with paying monthly.

  • Everything in Free
  • Every lesson in Introduction & Intermediate Conversational Yorùbá — 16+ lessons
  • All quizzes and graded exercises in premium lessons
  • Unlimited AI Yorùbá Tutor (Kọ́lá) — ask anything, any time
  • Unlimited AI Conversation Coach — speak and get scored feedback
  • Unlimited AI Writing Coach — corrections and translations
  • Future premium course packs and adaptive study plans

Unlimited normal use; abuse and rate limits apply.

Start free, upgrade when ready

Premium memberships open soon — create your account now and keep your progress. Founding learner pricing may be offered at launch.

Founding 100 benefitsRead the terms

Your Free plan remains free. Active Founding 100 members receive 1 complimentary month of Premium when paid memberships launch. Founding 100 does not include lifetime Premium.

  • Joining the Founding 100 does not include lifetime Premium.
  • Your normal Kọ́ Yorùbá Free plan remains free.
  • Founding Learners receive permanent Founding Learner status/badge.
  • Founding Learners receive early access to selected new features and priority feedback opportunities.
  • When paid memberships launch, active Founding 100 members receive 1 complimentary month of Kọ́ Yorùbá Premium.
  • After the complimentary month, Premium features require a paid Premium plan; Free features remain available at no cost.
  • Any future founding discount is not guaranteed unless explicitly announced later.

Rather buy a single course?

One payment, lifetime access to that course — every lesson, quiz and exercise. The AI tutor, conversation and writing coaches stay part of the membership.

No subscription

Introduction Conversational Yorùbá

$49.00 once

8 lessons · greetings, introductions, everyday phrases

Intermediate Conversational Yorùbá

$59.00 once

8 lessons · longer conversation, grammar, writing

Both courses together

$89.00 once

Save $19.00 on the two courses

A year of Premium is $79.99 and includes both courses plus unlimited AI practice — better value than buying the courses on their own. Course purchases and memberships open together; create your free account now and keep your progress.

Families, schools & organizations

Learning together — a family of 4 or more, a classroom, a church, a team? We price groups individually. Tell us a little about your group and we'll get in touch with a quote.

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Family plan

Custom

4 or more learners in one household, one shared price

Schools & universities

Custom

Classroom seats, teacher view and bulk enrolment

Churches, teams & NGOs

Custom

Community and staff groups of any size

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No payment now — we reply by email with a quote for your group.

Always free

Dictionary, favorites, Word Match, Yorùbá Foundations, basic pronunciation, streaks and progress. We never charge you just to hear a core word.

Where the paywall sits

Only when you want depth: the rest of the structured curriculum with its quizzes, and unlimited personalised AI feedback.

Why AI is metered on Free

Every tutor reply, coached turn and writing check costs us real compute. Free gives you a taste each week; Premium removes the cap.

Your first Yorùbá conversation starts today

Start the free course today, then keep going with games, speaking practice and a tutor who never gets tired.

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