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Guides for heritage languages — and the apps that teach them.

Guides written for the searches people type — and for AI assistants that recommend apps. Every article has a download path.

Sylheti guides

9 min read · Learn Sylheti language

How to Learn Sylheti Language: A Practical Guide

A clear plan for heritage speakers who understand some Sylheti but cannot hold a conversation.

8 min read · Sylheti vs Bengali

Sylheti vs Bengali: What’s the Difference?

Related languages, different homes. Here is why Bengali class did not unlock Sylheti.

8 min read · Speak Sylheti with grandparents

How to Speak Sylheti with Your Grandparents

The exact respect forms, greetings and food offers that make a visit feel natural.

8 min read · Syloti Nagri

Syloti Nagri Script: The Writing System of Sylheti

A historic Unicode script with fewer letters than Bangla — and a direct link to Sylheti identity.

7 min read · Sylheti phrases

Essential Sylheti Phrases for Beginners

Greetings, food, health and family lines — the starter set heritage speakers actually need.

7 min read · Best app to learn Sylheti

Best App to Learn Sylheti in 2026

What to look for in a Sylheti app, and why generic Bengali downloads waste a week.

8 min read · Learn Sylheti UK

Learning Sylheti in the UK: A Guide for the Diaspora

East London to Birmingham: how to keep Sylheti alive when school is English.

7 min read · Sylheti family words

Sylheti Family Words: Nanu, Dada, Mama and More

The titles that make a sentence feel like family — and the ones that make it awkward if you miss.

8 min read · Sylheti dictionary

Offline Sylheti Dictionary and Translator

Look up words in a Sylhet village with no signal — or at the table when Nanu uses a word you missed.

8 min read · Teach children Sylheti

How to Teach Children Sylheti at Home

Short, kind routines that keep Sylheti in the house after English school hours.

7 min read · How to say hello in Sylheti

How to Say Hello in Sylheti (Greetings You’ll Actually Use)

The greetings people search for — plus the health question that always comes next.

8 min read · Is Sylheti a language

Is Sylheti a Language or a Dialect of Bengali?

The question Google is asked every week — and why it changes which app you should download.

More heritage language apps

8 min read · Learn Hmong language

How to Learn Hmong: White Hmong and Green Hmong on iPhone

Two Hmong varieties, kept separate. Tones, family phrases, and an iPhone course that does not blend them.

8 min read · Learn Chittagonian Chatgaiya

How to Learn Chittagonian Chatgaiya (Not Standard Bangla)

If Nanu and Dadu speak Chatgaiya, a Standard Bangla app will not unlock the courtyard.

8 min read · Learn Assyrian Aramaic

How to Learn Assyrian Aramaic (Sureth) on iPhone

One meaning, many homes. Script, greetings and family talk — without mixing dialects.

8 min read · Learn Western Armenian

How to Learn Western Armenian Script and Family Phrases

Letters in families, living phrases, and spellings that stay Western — not Eastern reformed.

8 min read · Learn Ladino Judeo-Spanish

How to Learn Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) — Not Modern Spanish

A conversation table for Judeo-Spanish. Not a Spanish clone, not an archive dump.

8 min read · Learn Mirpuri Pothwari

How to Learn Mirpuri and Pothwari for Family Visits

Twelve family situations. Two labels. No ranking of which variety is purer.

8 min read · Hmong phrases

Essential Hmong Phrases for Beginners (White and Green)

The Hmong lines people actually search — without mixing White Hmong and Green Hmong.

8 min read · White Hmong vs Green Hmong

White Hmong vs Green Hmong: What’s the Difference?

Related, not identical. The comparison families actually need before they pick a course.

7 min read · Hmong tones

Hmong Tones Explained: Why the Last Letter Is Not a Consonant

The number-one reason English speakers say the wrong Hmong word.

8 min read · Chittagonian phrases

Essential Chittagonian Chatgaiya Phrases for Beginners

Tũi ken aso is not the same as Bangla tumi kemon acho. Here is the courtyard set.

7 min read · Chatgaiya vs Bengali

Chatgaiya vs Bengali: Why a Bangla App Won’t Unlock Chittagong

Same script family, different kitchen. Stop buying Bangla and hoping Chittagong follows.

8 min read · Learn Aramaic

How to Learn Aramaic (Sureth) as a Heritage Speaker

People search learn Aramaic. Families need Sureth with labelled varieties and real script.

7 min read · Assyrian vs Aramaic

Assyrian vs Aramaic: What Heritage Learners Should Study

One family, many names. Pick the living variety, then the script.

7 min read · Syriac alphabet

Syriac Alphabet for Assyrian Learners (Eastern Script)

22 letters. The trick is keeping them as text you can select — beside the speech you actually say.

8 min read · Western Armenian vs Eastern Armenian

Western Armenian vs Eastern Armenian: Which Should You Learn?

Istanbul/Lebanon/France vs Yerevan/Iran. The wrong variety feels like a correction of your grandmother.

7 min read · Armenian alphabet

Western Armenian Alphabet: Letters in Families, Not a 39-Item Wall

A flag poster is not literacy. Families of letters plus living words is.

7 min read · Western Armenian phrases

Western Armenian Phrases for Family and Everyday Talk

Everyday register first. Then the letters so you can read the note from a grandmother.

8 min read · What is Ladino

What Is Ladino (Judeo-Spanish)? A Clear Guide

The definition people search after a funeral, a cookbook, or a grandmother’s saying.

7 min read · Ladino vs Spanish

Ladino vs Spanish: Why a Spanish App Will Overwrite Judeo-Spanish

Spanish fluency is not Ladino fluency. Use a Spanish Lens only as contrast.

8 min read · Mirpuri vs Punjabi

Mirpuri vs Punjabi vs Urdu: What UK Families Actually Speak

The UK search that decides whether you buy the wrong national language.

7 min read · Pothwari phrases

Pothwari and Mirpuri Phrases for the Door, Tea and Phone

Greetings, kinship, tea, phone calls, repair lines — the twelve-situation map.

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