A Yorùbá course for Android
In Yorùbá, the tone is the word.
Say a word on the wrong pitch and you have said a different word. Odù teaches the tones along with the vocabulary, so what you say means what you intend. With Odù Pro, an AI voice made for Yorùbá says each word aloud.
Àmì ohùn
Tone marks
ọkọ̀
canoe, vehicle
mid, low
ọkọ
husband
mid, mid
ọkọ́
hoe
mid, high
Same letters, three words. The tone marks decide.
Free to start. Odù Pro opens the full course. See the Play Store listing
Android only for now. Odù is not on iPhone yet.
Everyday words
Start with what people say every day.
A greeting for the morning, a thank-you, the word for your mother. Each of these is in the course, written the way Yorùbá is written: with its tone marks.
Greetings
Ẹ káàárọ̀
Good morning
Greetings
Ẹ ṣé
Thank you
Greetings
Ẹ káàbọ̀
Welcome
Family
Ìyá
Mother
Family
Ọ̀rẹ́
Friend
The market
Ọjà
Market
What is inside
34 units. 25 letters. Three tones.
These are screens from the app as it is on Google Play today.
Lessons
Ẹ̀kọ́
34 themed units, from Ìkíni (greetings) to Ọjà (the market).
Alphabet
Àbídí
All 25 letters and their sounds. No C, Q, V, X or Z, and GB is one letter.
Tone course
Àmì ohùn
High, mid and low, each mark explained, then pairs of words that differ by one mark.
Games
Eré
Ọ̀nà ilé (the road home), Wá Ọ̀rọ̀ (word search), Àdììtú Ọ̀rọ̀ (crossword) and Kíákíá, sixty seconds of pairs.
Stories
Ìtàn àti Àló
18 short reads: history, legend, and the folktales told by moonlight.
A daily habit
Ten questions a day.
A little each day, and it sticks. The app is built around one short practice and a reason to come back tomorrow.
- Daily practice
- 10 questions a day, with words drawn from across the course. It gets harder as you learn, never longer.
- Your streak
- Practise on consecutive days and the count goes up. Miss a day and it starts again at one.
- Evening reminders
- If you have a streak and have not practised yet, Odù tells you at 5pm and again at 9pm. You can also set a daily reminder for an hour you choose.
Free and Pro
Free to begin. No card needed.
Odù Pro is a subscription. The price is set in Google Play and shown in the app before you pay anything.
Free
- Daily practice, 10 questions a day
- Ìkíni, the whole greetings unit
- Ìtàn àti Àló, all 18 stories
- The four games
Odù Pro
- The other 33 units of the course
- An AI text-to-speech voice for Yorùbá on lesson words, the alphabet and the tone course
- Àbídí, the alphabet guide
- Àmì ohùn, the tone course
- Meanings for the word of the day and the daily Òwe (proverb)
Questions
Before you download.
Is Odù free?
Free to start, and you can stay on the free part as long as you like: the daily practice, the Ìkíni greetings unit, the stories and the games. Odù Pro is a subscription that opens the rest of the course. Its price is on Google Play.
Do I need to know any Yorùbá first?
No. The course begins with greetings. Early lessons use plain spelling, and the tone-marked spelling comes in as you go.
Is the voice real Yorùbá?
It is an AI text-to-speech voice made for Yorùbá, so it pronounces the tones. It is not a recording of a person, and it is not your phone’s built-in voice, which reads Yorùbá words as if they were English. The voice comes with Odù Pro.
Does it work offline?
Partly. The words and exercises are stored in the app. You need a connection to sign in, to keep your progress in step across devices, and, on Odù Pro, to hear a word for the first time. After that the audio for that word is kept on your phone.
Is there an iPhone version?
Not yet. Odù is on Android only for now, and we do not have a date to give you.
Is it suitable for children?
Odù is intended for people aged 13 and older, and it is suitable for family use under a parent’s guidance. It is not directed at children under 13. There are no ads in the app.
How do I delete my account?
In the app, open Profile, go to Account & data and tap Delete account. If you cannot get into the app, the delete account page explains the other way.
Ẹ káàbọ̀.
It means welcome, and it is in the first unit. The greetings are free, and so is the daily practice. Start there.
Android only for now. Odù is not on iPhone yet.