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Free language app for English speakers
Speak it. Don't tap it.
Learn Hindi, French or Norwegian by saying your answers out loud. The plaza listens, times how fast each word comes back, and keeps drilling the ones you fumble. Free, forever.
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How it works
Three steps to speaking
Every round is short, spoken and timed. The words you own fade out of rotation. The ones you stumble on come back until they don't.
Pick a language
Hindi, French or Norwegian. We deal you a starter deck of words and phrases and read each one aloud in a native voice.
Say it out loud
Answer with your voice while you walk, cook or commute. The plaza listens and clocks how fast each word comes back.
What's inside
Eleven ways to get the words into your mouth
Hands-free practice
Your voice answers, the app listens. Drill vocabulary while walking, cooking or stuck on a train. Eyes up, hands free, mouth working.
Reaction-time mastery
We track how fast you recall each word, not just whether you got it right. Fluency is speed under pressure.
Song generator
Turn the words you've learned into a custom track. Earworms are study aids.
MadLibs mode
Drop your mastered words into absurd generated stories. Laugh-driven repetition sticks.
Custom words
Add your own words, phrases or whole sentences. Studying for a trip, a job or a conversation that matters? Train on exactly that.
Live corrections
Spot a wrong translation or stiff phrasing? Submit a fix and earn points. Every player helps sharpen the course.
1v1 Elo challenges
Challenge a friend or a random rival head to head. Climb the ladder one match at a time.
Points leaderboards
Weekly points, global rankings, per-language boards. Compete with the plaza or just with yourself.
Three languages
Hindi, French and Norwegian, the three we know best. We're going deep on them first, and adding content where you ask for it.
Free, forever
No paywall, no trial, no premium tier. No subscription and no card. Every language, every feature, for everyone.
Runs in a tab
Nothing to install. Open the page, sign in, start speaking. Works on anything with a microphone and a modern browser.
The deal
Free.
Always.
Not free-for-now.
Most language apps are free until the hearts run out. The plaza has no hearts, no streak freezes to buy and no premium lessons. It is an alternative to the big subscription apps that stays free for as long as it exists.
- Every language and every feature, no tier
- No subscription, no card, no trial clock
- No ads between rounds
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The courses
Hindi, French, Norwegian
Three languages, taught to English speakers, with native audio and courses that grow every week. Each card opens a free starter guide.
नमस्ते
namaste
The most-spoken language of South Asia. Start speaking in transliteration; pick up Devanagari when you want it.
- धन्यवादthank you
- कैसे हो?how are you?
- पानीwater
Hindiहिन्दी
Bonjour
bon-zhoor
The classic. Silent letters, liaison and nasal vowels are all easier when you train your mouth before your eyes.
- Mercithank you
- Ça va?how are you?
- L'eauwater
FrenchFrançais
Hei
hay
The friendliest Nordic language for English speakers. Familiar word order, forgiving grammar, one new vowel trio.
- Takkthank you
- Hvordan går det?how are you?
- Vannwater
NorwegianNorsk
Alpha, and proud of it
The workshop door is open
Alpha means rough edges. It also means every bug report, every "this word is wrong" and every "I wish it did X" goes straight into the next release. Early players don't just get a free app, they shape it.
Content is added in the order people ask for it. If the course you need is thin, say so and it moves up the list.
What's live, what's next
Beginner courses are playable in all three languages. Intermediate content, longer hands-free drills and pronunciation feedback are on the bench. Where we point the effort next depends on what you ask for.
From the blog
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ReadHands-free language practice: 7 methods that work
Audio drills, shadowing, voice flashcards, podcast laddering and the methods most apps ignore.
ReadSing your vocabulary: the song generator
Turn the words you've already learned into a custom track. The science of music and memory.
ReadMost apps teach you to recognise words. We teach you to say them, out loud, on the clock, until they live in your mouth.
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