Best app to learn Tajik: the 6 apps that teach it, compared

Of the apps that teach Tajik, Transparent Language Online ($149.95 a year) is the highest-scored course, with lessons in order; 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 and Readlang teach Tajik free for good, with limits. Transparent Language Online is free through many public libraries.

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6 of the 80 apps we cover list Tajik; 3 of them are free to keep using and 2 more free to try.

They are 1 course app, 1 vocabulary app, 1 app for real video, text or audio, 1 AI conversation app, 1 tutor marketplace and 1 language exchange.

Some apps list Tajik as “Tajiki”; this page counts them together.

To practise with a person, italki lists Tajik tutors, and Tandem pairs you free with Tajik speakers.

What a year of Tajik costs

Every app that teaches Tajik and sells a yearly plan, cheapest first, from the plans on each app's own pages. Not on it: italki, which sells no yearly plan in dollars.

The yearly planPaying month to month for 12 months

Every app that teaches Tajik

Recommended first within each type of app. Sort any column or filter by what matters to you.

6 apps
Best for Free tier Speech Tutor Offline CEFR Refund or trial Where to buy
Course apps
Transparent Language OnlineCourse app Words and everyday phrases in about 100 languages, free if your library subscribes $149.95 a year$12.50 a month, billed yearly $24.95one language — Free trial
Free with a card at participating public libraries, which give the whole course in every language; otherwise a 14-day free trial.
Yes · EveryVoice compares what you say with the native speaker's recording. Transparent Connect: six 30-minute one-to-one sessions with a tutor over two months, sold apart from the subscription, in 11 languages. Yes · Lessons downloaded in the mobile app work offline, and Hands-Free Autoplay plays them for listening and speaking practice. — A 14-day free trial. Cancel any time: Transparent Language gives a full refund for the current subscription period if you ask before the next billing date; earlier periods are not refunded.
Vocabulary and flashcard apps
uTalkVocabulary and flashcards Phrases in 160 languages $49.99 or $59.99 a yearfor Tajik alone, or $7.99 or $9.99 month to month; uTalk's page shows the lower or the higher price from visit to visit $7.99 or $9.99for Tajik — 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
Learning from real video, text and audio
ReadlangImmersion (video, audio, reading) Reading articles, books and web pages you choose, with a translation one click away $48 a year$4 a month, billed yearly $6 — Free to keep using
A free account with unlimited single-word translations, 10 phrase translations and 10 AI explanations a day, and flashcards; Premium removes the daily limits.
— — — — No free trial of Premium is described; the free plan stays free. Premium renews each month or year until you cancel in your account settings; you keep it to the end of the period you paid for, and partial periods are not generally refunded. In the EU and EEA you have 14 days to withdraw, but if you start using Premium in that time, the right can end once the service has been provided.
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 Tajik 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 a course with lessons in order

Transparent Language Online

Transparent Language Online ($149.95 a year) is the highest-scored course app that teaches Tajik. Open the next lesson on your path, or any unit you choose, and meet its words and phrases with native-speaker audio; then work through short activities that make you hear them, say them, read them and type them. Words you are about to forget come back for review.

You want to build vocabulary a few minutes a day

uTalk

uTalk ($49.99 or $59.99 a year) is the highest-scored vocabulary app that teaches Tajik. Picture games for words and phrases by topic, with native-speaker audio.

You want to read, watch or listen to real Tajik

Readlang

Readlang ($48 a year) is the highest-scored app for real video, text or audio that teaches Tajik. Open an article, an e-book or any web page in the language and read it; click a word or a phrase for its translation and an explanation of how it is used there, then practise the words you looked up as flashcards, the most useful first.

You want to practise conversation with an AI

Talkpal

Talkpal ($119.99 a year) is the highest-scored AI conversation app that teaches Tajik. Pick a scenario or a character, then talk or type with an AI tutor that answers you and checks your pronunciation.

You want a Tajik speaker to correct you

italki

italki lists Tajik tutors, who set their own price for a lesson.

You want to chat with Tajik speakers

Tandem

Tandem pairs you with Tajik 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 Tajik?

It depends on how you want to learn. Transparent Language Online if you want a course with lessons in order; uTalk if you want to build vocabulary a few minutes a day; Readlang if you want to read, watch or listen to real Tajik; Talkpal if you want to practise conversation with an AI. Talkpal scores highest of the 6 on our method, and the table lists all of them with their prices.

Is there a free app to learn Tajik?

Yes. Talkpal and Readlang teach Tajik free for good, with limits on the free plan.

Does Duolingo teach Tajik?

No. Duolingo's 40 languages do not include Tajik. Talkpal, uTalk, Transparent Language Online and 1 more do.

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