Follow the path
Short lessons in a clear order, from your first greeting to advanced Igbo.
Ndeewo! Nnọọ.
Come home to Igbo
Asụsụ Ọma is a free Igbo learning app with guided lessons and real Igbo voices, made for anyone who wants to learn Igbo, at home or abroad.
- Lessons of about ten minutes
- Igbo recorded by Igbo natives
- Igbo games
- Igbo folktales
Nnọọ!Welcome!
Tap Nkọ. Every tap is a new greeting.
- Kedu?How are you?
- Ọ dị mma.It is fine.
- Nnọọ!Welcome!
- DaalụThank you
- Kedu aha gị?What is your name?
- Ị bọọla chiGood morning
- BikoPlease
- Ka ọ dịSee you
- Jisie ike!Keep it up!
- Nne mMy mother
- Ego ole?How much?
- BịaCome
Igbo is losing speakers with every generation. The last thing it needs is a price on the door. Asụsụ Ọma is free so that anyone who wants the Igbo language can have it.
Four questions. Your first taste of a lesson.
Pick an answer, hear the bells, read a line of Igbo praise, and move on. Get a few right in a row and the bells climb with you.
Walk from the family compound to the river.
Seven stages, each a place in Igbo life. Finished steps earn gold stars, and Nkọ always stands on your next one.
- 1Family compoundGreetings, names and the alphabet
- 2KitchenHome, food and family
- 3MarketNumbers, prices and getting around
- 4Village squareLonger conversations
- 5SchoolReading and writing
- 6FestivalCulture and community
- 7RiverStories, work and ideas
Bells, drums and a flute answer every tap.
Every cue is an Igbo instrument. Tap one.
Tap one to hear it.Every cue is an Igbo instrument.
Play a round. Win cowries. Dress Nkọ.
Tap the picture to hear a game. Tap the peg rail and Nkọ is wearing it.
Learn a phrase. Hear it. Say it. Keep it.
Guided lessons with real Igbo voices, games built from what you’ve learned, and a treasure chest at the end of every lesson. Made for children, grown-ups and whole families.
Hear real Igbo
Phrases recorded by Igbo natives, with a slower replay when you need it.
Say it yourself
Speak at your own pace and compare with the recording. No scores, no pressure.
Keep it with games
Memory match, the talking drum, the sentence bridge and more, all built from the lessons you’ve finished.
Talk it through
Conversations in everyday scenes, from meeting someone new to the market and the doctor. Hear what’s said, then choose your reply.
Look up any word
Tap any Igbo word in a lesson or tale for its meaning and its sound, or open the Igbo dictionary.
Your phrasebook
Every word and phrase you’ve learned in one place, searchable and ready offline.
Every day
A word of the day, a proverb of the day, your streak, cowries to earn and three market-day tasks.
Useful plans for learning between lessons and real conversations.
Start with a four-week plan, build a routine around diaspora life, or use the speaking rehearsal ladder.
- Getting started · 4 min readHow to start learning IgboA four-week starting plan for beginner Igbo learners who want structure without trying to learn everything at once.Read it
- Practice · 3 min readAn Igbo study routine for diaspora learnersBuild a realistic Igbo routine when you’re not surrounded by the language every day.Read it
- Practice · 4 min readHow to practise speaking Igbo between real conversationsA five-step rehearsal ladder from private recall to a short live exchange.Read it
Everything in Asụsụ Ọma is free, and it stays that way.
No ads, no subscription, no premium tier, no lesson locked behind a payment. Every lesson, game, folktale and recording is yours from the first day.
A language survives when the next generation can reach it. Putting Igbo behind a paywall would shut out exactly the people who need it most. So it’s free, for everyone, and if you’d like to help keep it that way, donate here.
Made byWho is behind this
Made by Ebenezer Don.
Ebenezer (Udochukwu) is a software engineer, educator and author. He has built and contributed to products used by millions of people, and written four books on AI and software. He built this Igbo learning app so that his family, and yours, can come home to Igbo.
Throughout the app you’ll hear the voices of native Igbo speakers who generously contributed their recordings, Ebenezer’s among them, so every lesson sounds the way Igbo is really spoken.
His books, videos and other projects live at ebenezerdon.com.
Ka anyị gaa. Let’s go.
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