Best app to learn Kurdish: the 5 apps that teach it, compared
Of the apps that teach Kurdish, Talkpal ($119.99 a year) scores highest on our method overall, and italki (set by each teacher) is our pick among those with independent reviews. Talkpal teaches Kurdish free for good, with limits, and Glossika has a free trial.
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Our picks
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Our pick for Kurdish
italki
Tutor marketplace
Set by each teacheritalki's Kurdish page gives no typical price
Why it's here. Choose a teacher for the language and conversation you need, then pay lesson by lesson. You get a real person to practise with without committing to an app subscription.
Free: No free tier; discounted trial lesson with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee.
Skip it if you want one fixed price or an app to study alone: each teacher sets their own rate.
104 languages
5 of the 52 apps we cover list Kurdish; 4 of them have a free tier.
They are 1 audio course, 1 vocabulary app, 1 AI conversation app, 1 tutor marketplace and 1 language exchange.
To practise with a person, italki lists Kurdish tutors, and Tandem pairs you free with Kurdish speakers.
What a year of Kurdish costs
Every app that teaches Kurdish and sells a yearly plan, cheapest first, from the plans on each app's own pages. Not on it, because it sells no yearly plan in dollars: italki.
The yearly planPaying month to month for 12 months
Every app that teaches Kurdish
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| Best for | Free tier | Speech | Tutor | Offline | CEFR | Refund or trial | Where to buy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio courses | |||||||||||
| GlossikaAudio course | Sentence drills by ear | About $199 a year$16.58 a month, billed yearly | $19.99one language | — | Free trial 7-day full access with no credit card, plus a permanent Freemium tier covering nine minoritized languages | No | No | Yes | A1 to C1by course | 7-day free trial with no credit card; monthly payments are non-refundable, annual plans refundable pro rata within 60 days of purchase | |
| Vocabulary and flashcard apps | |||||||||||
| uTalkVocabulary and flashcards | Phrases in 160 languages | From $24.99 a year$24.99 to $39.99 a year for one language, depending on the language | From $3.99depending on the language | — | Free sample Starter Words, a free 26-word pack in every language, plus an online demo at demo.utalk.com | No | No | Yes | A1 to A2by course | 28-day money-back guarantee | |
| AI conversation practice | |||||||||||
| TalkpalAI conversation practice | AI conversation practice in many languages | $119.99 a year$10 a month, billed yearly | $19.99 | — | Free to keep using The Basic plan: 10 minutes of chat a day, with progress tracking and pronunciation checks. | Yes | No | No | — | A 14-day free trial for new users. Bought from Talkpal directly: a full refund if you ask within 30 days of a charge; not for app store purchases. | |
| Tutors and live classes | |||||||||||
| italkiTutor marketplace | Tutors priced per lesson | Set by each teacheritalki's Kurdish page gives no typical price | — | — | No | — | Every lesson is live and one to one; italki also sells group classes. | — | — | Discounted trial lesson with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: up to two credit refunds on trial lessons if the teacher did not show up or did not meet expectations, requested within 48 hours | |
| Language exchange | |||||||||||
| TandemLanguage exchange | Language exchange with native speakers | $39.99 a year$3.33 a month, billed yearly | — | — | Free to keep using Free account with many features; Tandem Pro unlocks the rest | No | No | — | — | Google Play purchases refundable within 14 days of a 1-month subscription or 30 days of a 3-month or 12-month subscription; iOS refunds requested from iTunes within 14 days | |
Which to choose
You want to learn by ear, away from a screen
Glossika
Glossika (about $199 a year) is the highest-scored audio course that teaches Kurdish. Listen to whole sentences and repeat them aloud, with spaced review and little explanation.
You want to build vocabulary a few minutes a day
uTalk
uTalk (from $24.99 a year) is the highest-scored vocabulary app that teaches Kurdish. Picture games for words and phrases by topic, with native-speaker audio.
You want to practise conversation with an AI
Talkpal
Talkpal ($119.99 a year) is the highest-scored AI conversation app that teaches Kurdish. Pick a scenario or a character, then talk or type with an AI tutor that answers you and checks your pronunciation.
You want a Kurdish speaker to correct you
italki
italki lists Kurdish tutors, who set their own price for a lesson.
You want to chat with Kurdish speakers
Tandem
Tandem pairs you with Kurdish speakers who want to learn your language, for text, voice and video chats. There are no lessons, and a free account is enough to start.
Questions people ask
What is the best app to learn Kurdish?
It depends on how you want to learn. Glossika if you want to learn by ear, away from a screen; uTalk if you want to build vocabulary a few minutes a day; Talkpal if you want to practise conversation with an AI. Talkpal scores highest of the 5 on our method, and the table lists all of them with their prices.
Is there a free app to learn Kurdish?
Yes. Talkpal teaches Kurdish free for good, with limits on the free plan. Glossika has a free trial before you pay.
Does Duolingo teach Kurdish?
No. Duolingo's 40 languages do not include Kurdish. Talkpal, uTalk and Glossika do.