Swahili Safari

Karibu! Learn to chat in Swahili, one small step at a time.

Twende!
Let us go.

Swahili is spoken by around 200 million people across East Africa. In a few minutes you can start having a real conversation in it.

Greet people properly

When someone says Shikamoo, there is only one right answer. Learn the exchanges people actually use.

Collect words

Fifty seven words across animals, food, family, colours, things and the sky. Simba, ndizi, nyota.

Count to one hundred

Moja, mbili, tatu. Swahili numbers follow a pattern so tidy you can guess most of them.

Build words from bricks

Ni plus na plus cheza makes ninacheza: I am playing. Swap a brick, change the meaning.

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How you are going

Every vowel sounds the same every time: a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in more, u as in flute. Stress almost always lands on the second last syllable.

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