🌍 Built for the Somali diaspora

Relearn your
mother tongue.

Structured lessons to rebuild your Somali — plus games that make practising feel natural.

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Guri
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Foundation Course 1

12 lessons — from the alphabet to full conversations. Sign in to track your progress.

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Foundation Course 1 — The Basics

Alphabet · Tan & Kan · Numbers · Verbs · Nouns · Pronouns · Adjectives · Questions · Commands

12
lessons

Somali 101 — Learn to Read & Write

A guided 6-week course. Live-taught at Yeelo, or join remotely as a self-paced student.

Somali 101 takes you from the written alphabet to reading and writing full sentences, with a new lecture and homework set released each week. Yeelo students and teachers enrol with their Yeelo access code; everyone else can join remotely after a quick sign-up.

🎥 Weekly recorded lectures 📝 Homework every week 🎧 Reading & audio practice

Lesson 12 — Recap

A visual recap of all 11 lessons in one place.

📊 Foundation Course 1 — Full Recap Slides

Covers all topics from Lesson 1 to 11

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30 seconds. No account needed. See how many words you know.

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What does this mean?
Hooyo
Somali to English

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How it works

Three simple steps to reconnect with your language.

1
📖

Learn a lesson

Work through 12 Foundation Course lessons at your own pace.

2
🎮

Play games

Reinforce every word with games — repetition without the boredom.

3
💬

Start speaking

Build real confidence to use Somali with family and community.

Af Soomaali waa dhaxal.

Somali is your inheritance. One lesson is all it takes to start.

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