Web app · Education
Mothertongue
Vocabulary in your mother tongue, one calm card at a time — Yorùbá, Tagalog, मराठी
A 10-card daily session with spaced repetition, themed decks with written form, transliteration and spoken audio, a sentence builder that speaks what you compose, and 4-choice listening practice. No streaks, no timers, no leaderboards. Free, in your browser.
Stored in your browser only. Nothing you do in the web version is sent to our servers. Clear your browser data and it's gone — so export a backup from the in-app menu if you want to keep it.
This app is a community proposal.
Try the full browser version now. We build the iPhone and Android app once 100 people upvote it.
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In your browser
What you can do in Mothertongue on the web
Daily 10-card session
Due and never-seen words come first; Got it pushes a word out 1, 2, 4, 7, 14 then 30 days, Didn’t brings it back in ten minutes. Calm pacing, no clock.
Three heritage languages
Yorùbá, Tagalog and Marathi, each with the written form, a transliteration and the English — the words grandma actually used.
Themed decks
Family, kitchen, body and weather decks per language; read every card, hear it, and practise just that deck.
Sentence builder
Tap words from a palette to compose a sentence, hear it spoken, and save the ones you want to keep.
Listening practice
Hear a word and pick which of four English meanings it was; your heard-right tally is kept per language.
Progress without pressure
Words settled per deck, cards per day over eight weeks, and every session — with nothing to break.
Screens
Every screen, rebuilt for the browser
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Today
The daily 10-card session: native word, transliteration, Speak, Show answer, Got it / Didn’t.
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Progress
Settled words per language and deck, cards per day, and past sessions.
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Decks
Language picker and the themed decks with how many words have settled.
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Deck
Every card in one deck; tap to hear it, or practise the deck.
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Sentence
Compose from a palette, speak it, save it.
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Listen
Hear a word, pick one of four meanings.
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Settings
Language, slow speech, promises, backup, sample data and erase.
Try it with sample data: Adds two weeks of daily sessions (mostly Yorùbá, some Tagalog and Marathi), a set of settled and lapsed words, listening tallies and two saved sentences. You can start fresh at any time.
Ready? It's free.
No account, no install, no subscription. Everything you do stays in this browser.
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Questions
Is the web version of Mothertongue free?+
Yes. Every screen is free to use: no subscription, no in-app purchases, no account.
Do I need an account?+
No. Open Mothertongue and start using it right away. Sign in with Google only if you want to upvote an app, save it to your list, or leave a comment.
Where is my data stored?+
Only in this browser's local storage. Nothing you enter is sent to our servers, so we can't see it, back it up, or restore it. Clearing site data, a private window, or another device starts empty. Export a backup from the in-app menu to keep it.
Is there a Mothertongue app for iPhone or Android?+
Not yet. Mothertongue is a community proposal: the browser version is complete, and we build the iPhone and Android app once 100 people upvote it. Upvoters get one email when it ships.