11 African languages

The languages we're building

Prioritised by number of speakers and existing data. English is never trained — it only appears as a translation reference. Want yours added? Tell us.

Swahili

Kiswahili
Live
Bantu · Latin script · ~80M speakers
1
recordings
0
validated
2
ratings

Amharic

አማርኛ
Live
Semitic · Geez script · ~57M speakers
0
recordings
0
validated
0
ratings

Hausa

Harshen Hausa
Wave 2
Chadic · Latin script · ~88M speakers
0
recordings
0
validated
0
ratings

Afaan Oromo

Afaan Oromoo
Wave 2
Cushitic · Latin script · ~37M speakers
0
recordings
0
validated
0
ratings

Somali

Soomaali
Wave 2
Cushitic · Latin script · ~21M speakers
0
recordings
0
validated
0
ratings

Tigrinya

ትግርኛ
Wave 2
Semitic · Geez script · ~9M speakers
0
recordings
0
validated
0
ratings

Yoruba

Èdè Yorùbá
Wave 3
Niger-Congo · Latin script · ~47M speakers
0
recordings
0
validated
0
ratings

Lingala

Lingála
Wave 3
Bantu · Latin script · ~40M speakers
0
recordings
0
validated
0
ratings

Igbo

Asụsụ Igbo
Wave 3
Niger-Congo · Latin script · ~31M speakers
0
recordings
0
validated
0
ratings

Zulu

isiZulu
Wave 3
Bantu · Latin script · ~28M speakers
0
recordings
0
validated
0
ratings

Shona

chiShona
Wave 3
Bantu · Latin script · ~14M speakers
0
recordings
0
validated
0
ratings