27 languages

Learn a language by speaking it

Talvo teaches 27 languages with lessons written around your interests, a tutor you talk to out loud, and a live interpreter for real conversations. Start with a guide below, or pick any language in the app.

24 language guides

First phrases, a real conversation, the mistakes beginners make and how Talvo teaches each one.

Learn Egyptian Arabic

The Arabic people actually speak in Cairo, with a live interpreter.

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Learn Spanish

Mexico or Spain, café to taxi, with the mistakes most beginners make.

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Learn French

Silent letters, tu or vous, and a café in Paris you'll practice out loud.

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Learn German

Du or Sie, der die das, and lessons built around your interests.

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Learn Italian

Order at a bar in Rome and get the double consonants right.

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Learn Portuguese

Brazil or Portugal, from Tudo bem? to ordering at a padaria.

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Learn Japanese

Polite phrases in kana with romaji, no kanji needed to start.

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Learn Korean

Hangul with romanization and the -요 endings that keep you polite.

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Learn Chinese

Tones made visible: characters with pinyin, simplified or traditional.

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Learn Modern Standard Arabic

Modern Standard Arabic with the vowel marks shown, for news, books and formal speech.

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Learn Hindi

Devanagari with easy romanization, aap or tum, and a chat at a chai stall.

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Learn Urdu

Urdu script with Roman Urdu alongside, and the polite jee that softens everything.

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Learn Persian

Persian script with romanization, everyday Tehran phrases and taarof.

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Learn Turkish

Vowel harmony, sen or siz, and a Turkish coffee ordered out loud.

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Learn Russian

Cyrillic with transliteration and the stress marked on every new word.

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Learn Dutch

The Dutch g, de or het, and practice before everyone switches to English.

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Learn Swedish

Fika, en or ett, and the melody that makes Swedish sound right.

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Learn Polish

sz, cz and rz made simple, pan and pani, and a chat at the bakery.

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Learn Greek

The Greek alphabet with transliteration, and dinner ordered at a taverna.

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Learn Hebrew

Modern Israeli Hebrew with vowel marks on new words, and a gendered you.

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Learn Indonesian

No tenses, easy spelling and nasi goreng at a warung.

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Learn Vietnamese

Six tones, Hanoi pronunciation and an iced coffee order.

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Learn Thai

Tone-marked romanization, khráp and khâ, and street food.

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Learn English

Speaking practice with every correction explained in your own language.

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The first lesson is free. It takes about five minutes.