Languages worth carrying forward
Fala focuses on endangered, regional, and underrepresented languages that deserve thoughtful tools and wider attention.
FalaLearn languages. Keep cultures audible.
Start learning Kashubian, Breton and Valencian through free introductory courses, with grammar explanations, written practice and stories about the places behind the words.
Ten free lessons and five culture stories per language. The interface is English. No pledge is needed to try the app.
A language learning project rooted in context.
Fala combines structured practice with cultural context and published references. Qualified language and cultural review is planned for the next stage.
Learning that builds understanding
Discover vocabulary, recognize it in context, then recall it through practical situations and review.
Culture is part of the lesson
Context cards and trusted resources connect phrases to real places, identities, history, and preservation work.
Available in open testing: three introductory courses—Kashubian, Breton and Valencian—with ten free lessons and five culture stories each. Grammar explanations, verb tables and written exercises accompany the lessons.
Android open testing
Help shape Fala.
Try thirty free introductory lessons across Kashubian, Breton and Valencian, plus fifteen culture stories. The interface is English. Joining the open test requires no pledge, Fala account or email approval.
Join the open test
Open the Google Play testing link, sign in with the Google account you use on your Android device, and accept participation. You do not need to email us or create a Fala account.
Install and explore
Follow Google's installation instructions, then try a lesson and explore the cultural context. Availability depends on your country and device compatibility.
Tell us what you think
What helped you learn? What was confusing? Email feedback if you wish. Feedback is optional, and public reviews are not required.
Pronunciation and audio: written IPA and English-style pronunciation guides are approximate. Audio is currently available for selected Valencian phrases; Breton and Kashubian practice is written. The current content uses published references and has not yet received independent language or cultural review.
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Small beginnings. A wider world.
Find a language.
Find a language.
Connect with a place.
Explore ten introductory lessons and five culture stories each in Kashubian, Breton and Valencian.
Available in open testing
Kashubian
KaszëbscziPomerania, Poland
Begin with everyday Kashubian phrases, grammar explanations and written exercises, with culture stories connecting the language to Kashubia.
10 free introductory lessons · 5 culture stories
Try Kashubian
Available in open testing
Breton
BrezhonegBrittany, France
Begin with a greeting, introduce yourself, and explore the places and cultural context behind your first Breton words.
10 free introductory lessons · 5 culture stories
Try Breton
Available in open testing
Valencian
ValenciàValencian Community, Spain
Make your first everyday connections, from saying good afternoon to meeting someone new, with Valencian-standard forms and local context.
10 free introductory lessons · 5 culture stories
Try Valencian
Looking ahead
Possibilities for future courses.
These languages are candidates for future development. Any expansion will depend on research, qualified review and development capacity; these courses are not currently available or guaranteed campaign rewards.
Basque
EuskaraBasque Country, Spain and France
A future starting point for connecting everyday words with Basque places and cultural life.
Galician
GalegoGalicia, Spain
A chance to approach Galicia through its language, everyday expressions, and cultural context.
West Frisian
FryskFryslân, Netherlands
An introduction to the words and cultural connections that make Fryslân a place of its own.
Occitan
OccitanOccitania, southern Europe
A future course shaped around a clearly chosen variety, with regional context alongside the words.
Silesian
Ślōnskŏ gŏdkaUpper Silesia
A way to begin exploring Silesian expressions and their connection to home, place, and identity.
Further possibilities: Navajo, Nahuatl, and Yucatec Maya remain dependent on appropriate qualified review and community input before full-course development. Funding does not replace that work.
Inside the working prototype
A phrase is only the beginning.
Lessons follow Discover → Recognize → Recall, with cultural context woven into learning.
Start with understanding.
Learn what Bona vesprada means and when you would use it, before answering a question.
Make it useful.
Choose the greeting that fits an afternoon arrival in València, and see clear feedback on your answer.
Connect with the place.
Explore cultural context, language background, and links to resources beyond the lesson.
Real screenshots from the Android prototype. Select a screenshot to see it larger. Written pronunciation guides are approximate; culture artwork is illustrative.
The person behind Fala
A personal reason to build.
I grew up near Gdańsk, close to Kashubian, and now live in Alaquàs near València. Wanting to begin learning Valencian made Fala personal: I wanted a way to learn useful words while getting to know the place I call home.
I'm building Fala as a solo developer through Tymer Studios. My aim is to connect practical language learning with the places, culture, and everyday life behind it. Your early feedback will help me make that first step more useful and shape what comes next.
Help shape Fala as an early testerBuild deeper. Then grow wider.
The planned campaign would support qualified review, pronunciation resources, independent testing and course expansion. The current free introduction is available without backing.
Current content and planned work: the Android open test has three courses with ten introductory lessons each. The next stage would fund qualified language and cultural review, improved pronunciation resources, independent testing and deeper courses. The final funding target, rewards, delivery dates and any additional platforms will be set out in the campaign.
Deeper learning
Expand the Kashubian, Breton and Valencian introductions into deeper courses, with additional languages considered after research and review.
Qualified review
Fund qualified language and cultural review of the current content and future lessons, alongside independent testing of the learning experience.
Better pronunciation support
Evaluate language-specific voices where they exist, and pursue human recordings or community guidance where synthetic speech is not appropriate.
Get notified on Kickstarter
Select “Notify me on launch” on the pre-launch page to hear when the campaign goes live.
Start with trusted resources
Explore organizations and projects already doing language work. These are independent resources, not endorsements of Fala.
Artwork and flag credits
Culture illustrations were created for Fala with generative image tooling. The founder portrait comes from the Fala campaign. Screenshots show the working prototype.
- Basque flag: Daniele Schirmo (Frankie688), CC BY-SA 2.5. Proportionally resized from the app's rasterised copy and encoded as WebP; artwork unchanged.
- Friesland flag: provinsje Fryslân, CC0 1.0. Transparent page margins removed and white backing added; flag paths unchanged.
