About
Luthando means love.
In isiZulu and in isiXhosa, uthando is love. That's the whole idea: love of language, love of culture — a parent's love, expressed as giving a child their mother tongue.
The mission
Changing the narrative, one language at a time.
Children across South Africa are growing up fluent in English but unable to hold a conversation with their grandmothers. Luthando App exists to keep that thread between generations unbroken.
Luthando App is a comprehensive language learning platform that aims to make language learning easy, fun and engaging for children and adults of all ages — an immersive experience that goes beyond grammar and vocabulary, learning about the art, culture and people who speak the language.
The characters
Meet the family.
Luthando App's stories and dialogues are carried by a family of characters that learners grow up with — on screen, in stories and in lessons.
The company
Published by Navario. Grown with Iintsomi.
Luthando App is built and published by Navario, a South African company. The app is live on the Apple App Store and Google Play, teaching eleven South African languages and five international languages, with live classes taught by vetted educators.
Our story content grows from Iintsomi (African Folktales) — our own living collection of the continent's folktales — because a language you love was almost certainly read to you first, at bedtime, by someone who loved you.
Start with a greeting.
Sawubona — we see you.
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