IPELAN vs Pulaar

IPELAN is a free app for learning the national languages of Mauritania: Pulaar, Soninke and Wolof. The app turns learning into interactive, playful activities. Each lesson combines listening, reading, illustrated vocabulary and varied exercises so you can progress at your own pace. Works offline: once lessons are downloaded, no internet connection is needed. Useful anywhere, even with no network. Learn through audio: recordings accompany every lesson so you can clearly hear and reproduce the correct pronunciation. No advertising and no collection of personal data. Designed for everyone, from young children to adults who want to discover or strengthen a national language. IPELAN is published by the Institute for the Promotion of National Language Education, under the Ministry of National Education and Reform of the Education System of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

Learn Pulaar, the language of the Fula people, spoken by more than 40 million people across West and Central Africa. This app lets you hear every word. Tap a text or an image, listen to the pronunciation, read the translation in French or English. Nothing to type, nothing to guess. WHAT YOU LEARN Illustrated pronunciation guide, including the letters unique to Pulaar: Ɓ, Ɗ, Ŋ, Ñ, Ƴ The complete alphabet, letter by letter Greetings for each time of day: subaka, beetawe, kikiiɗa, jamma Meeting people and introductions Numbers Days of the week and months of the year Market and trade vocabulary Everyday words and expressions Fula proverbs, with translations PRACTICE Dictation and translation exercises get you writing Pulaar yourself. A built-in keyboard gives you the characters ɓ, ɗ, ŋ, ñ and ƴ, which standard keyboards don't have. 352 AUDIO RECORDINGS Every word, phrase and proverb has been recorded. The app works offline: everything is already on your device. FRENCH OR ENGLISH Choose your interface language when you start. The translations follow. FREE TO START Three lessons are free: the pronunciation guide, days of the week and months of the year. A single purchase unlocks all the others and removes advertising. No subscription. BUILT ON ACADEMIC WORK The learning content was created by Professor Lamine THIAW of the Polytechnic Institute at Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, with Malick THIAW as co-author. Published by Niitan SARL in Dakar, Senegal. Whether you have Fula roots and want to reconnect with your parents' language, live in West Africa, or are simply curious about one of the continent's major languages, this app takes you from the very first words.