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title: "Nkanda: Language Learning App in Nigeria"
description: "Use Nkanda in Nigeria to learn Yoruba offline: 10,000+ English‑to‑Yoruba translations from 12 dictionaries, plus audio and example sentences."
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# Nkanda: Language Learning App in Nigeria

Use Nkanda in Nigeria to learn Yoruba offline: 10,000+ English‑to‑Yoruba translations from 12 dictionaries, plus audio and example sentences.

## Breadcrumbs

- [EdTech](/categories/edtech)
- [Nkanda](/nkanda)

## Summary

Learn, reference, and preserve African languages offline

A language learning and dictionary platform for learners, diaspora users, and developers, offering audio pronunciation, phonemic transcriptions, example sentences, and an API.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://nkanda.com/ |
| Tagline | Learn, reference, and preserve African languages offline |
| Primary country | Nigeria |
| Platforms | Web, Android, iOS, API |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

Nkanda is an African language learning and reference platform built by **Philip Akoda** (CEO) and **Mary-Brenda Akoda** (CTO), operating as The Aflang Project and based in Calabar, Nigeria.

Key capabilities include:
- **Comprehensive language resources**, including **phonemic transcriptions**, **sentence examples**, and **audio recordings** by native speakers to support pronunciation
- **Modern learning tools** that incorporate **gamification** and **AI-based** learning support
- **Offline dictionary access** so users can look up words without an internet connection
- **Developer access via a Dictionary API**, offering structured, linguistically verified data (transcriptions, synonyms, antonyms, sentence examples) for NLP and AI applications such as speech recognition and chatbots

Available on **Web**, **Android**, and **iOS**, with an additional **API** offering for dictionary data access. Its flagship product, the **Yoruba Dictionary App**, combines over **12 existing Yoruba dictionaries** into one resource with more than 10,000 English-to-Yoruba translations.

Pricing is freemium: the app is **free with ads**, with a premium subscription (including offline access) at **$3.99/month or $35.90/year**, the yearly plan includes a 3-day free trial.

The product targets **B2C language learners** (including diaspora users reconnecting with heritage languages) and also supports **developers and enterprises** who want African language dictionary functionality in their own apps.

## Features

- [EdTech](/categories/edtech): Category
- [AI-Powered](/tags/ai-powered): Product feature or technology
- [B2C](/tags/b2c): Product feature or technology
- [Language Learning](/tags/language-learning): Product feature or technology
- [Offline-Capable](/tags/offline-capable): Product feature or technology
- [Nigeria](/countries/nigeria): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/nkanda/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/nkanda/reviews)
- [Transparency](/nkanda/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/nkanda)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)