Your kids should speak your mother tongue

AI tutors that teach African languages the way families actually learn: through conversation, stories, and cultural context. Not flashcards. Not grammar drills. Real language, passed down.

Kirundi
Amakuru, Amina! Urakoze kuba hano. Twige ijambo rishasha none.
English
What does "amakuru" mean again?
Kirundi
"Amakuru" means "news" or "how are you?" It's how we greet each other. Try saying: "Amakuru meza!" (Good news!)
English
Amakuru meza!

2,000+

African languages exist. Most have zero digital learning tools.

170M

People in the African diaspora want their children connected to heritage.

24/7

AI tutors available whenever your family is ready to learn.

How It Works

Language lives in conversation, not textbooks

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AI Tutors That Know Your Culture

Not generic translation bots. MamaLingua tutors understand proverbs, greetings, and the way language actually flows in Burundian, Rwandan, Congolese, and West African families. They teach the words your grandmother used.

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Learn by Talking

Conversational AI that adapts to your child's level. Start with greetings, build to stories. No pressure, no grades.

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Every Language Deserves Digital Life

Starting with Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Lingala, and Swahili. Expanding to Yoruba, Igbo, Amharic, and beyond.

Built for the languages Duolingo forgot

We start where the need is greatest.

Kirundi Kinyarwanda Lingala Swahili Yoruba Igbo Amharic Wolof + more coming

A child who speaks their mother tongue never forgets where they come from

MamaLingua exists because every African language deserves to be passed down, and every diaspora family deserves the tools to make it happen.