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Igbo lessons that fit in your day.

Guided lessons, games and folktales that teach you to speak Igbo, a little further each day.

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Why I made it

Hi, I’m Ebenezer Don. I made Asụsụ Ọma so that our Igbo culture can live on.

Igbo is spoken a little less with every generation. Many children of Igbo parents grow up understanding it and never learn to speak it, and their own children won’t hear it at all. If we don’t teach it now, in a way people can keep up with, we’ll lose it one family at a time.

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.

What’s inside

A village to learn in.

The learning path

Seven stages from the family compound to the river.

The games room

Games built from the words you’ve learned, so they stay learned. Wins earn cowries, and cowries dress Nkọ.

Market day

Three quick tasks a day, set out as market stalls, so a little practice happens even on a busy day. Clear them and tomorrow’s are waiting.

Tales

Igbo folktales like Mbe na Udele, read aloud by native speakers. Tap any word for its meaning and how it sounds, then keep reading.

Free. All of 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.

A wrong tone mark, an unclear phrase, a word your own people use differently: email it to me. I read every one.

References

I couldn’t have built Asụsụ Ọma without the help of these resources. A huge thank you to the authors and contributors behind them.

  1. Kay WilliamsonDictionary of Ọ̀nịchà Igbo1972, second edition, edited by Roger Blench
  2. S. U. ObiThe Phonetics and Phonology of the Standard Dialect of IgboSOAS, University of London, 1979
  3. P. A. NwachukwuTowards an Igbo Literary Standard1983
  4. B. M. MbahToward an Effective Teaching and Learning of the Igbo Tone
  5. Elizabeth Isicheion the four days and the compass points
  6. Nkọwa okwuCommunity Igbo dictionary
  7. Nkọwa okwuIgbo API, the ig-en datasetApache-2.0
  8. NERDCIgbo curriculum for JSS 1 to 3Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council
  9. NERDCRevised Igbo curriculum for Primary 4 to 6
  10. NERDCAccelerated Basic Education Igbo, Level 1
  11. Harvard ELIASIgbo course outline
  12. WikipediaIgbo calendar
  13. Silver Ibenye-UgbalaIgbo calendar
  14. Emeka EzekweIgbo market days, 2000 to 2050
  15. Odinani Mystery SchoolIzu Igbo calendar
  16. marketdays.ngIgbo market calendar
Ebenezer DonMade by

About me.

I’m a software engineer and educator. I’ve built and contributed to products used by millions of people, and written four books on AI and software.

I keep Asụsụ Ọma free, and my voice is one of those you’ll hear in it.

My books, videos and other projects live at ebenezerdon.com.

Visit ebenezerdon.com My YouTube channel

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