# Selam — Speak Amharic

> Learn Ethiopian Amharic

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6766200714](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6766200714)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6766200714`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jan de Haan
- **Category:** Education
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-09
- **First published:** 2026-05-05
- **Size:** 18 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/selam-speak-amharic/id6766200714)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://pixelwave-projects.github.io/selam-speak-amharic-privacy-policy/](https://pixelwave-projects.github.io/selam-speak-amharic-privacy-policy/)

## Description

Learn to speak everyday Amharic, Ethiopia's working language, through short, focused lessons designed around how memory actually works. Every word and phrase is paired with audio recorded by a native Ethiopian speaker, so you learn how things actually sound, not how they look on a page.

Built around proven learning science:

•  Spaced repetition: the words you struggle with come back at the perfect intervals to make them stick, while words you've mastered fade gracefully into the background
•  Active recall before passive recognition: you're prompted to produce the Amharic for a concept before you see it, so vocabulary moves from short-term to long-term memory
•  Eight varied exercise formats: listening comprehension, sentence-building, contextual scenarios, recall checks, matching pairs, and more. The variety isn't decoration; it's how your brain encodes language across multiple retrieval pathways
•  Cultural anchoring: every lesson is grounded in real Ethiopian context (coffee ceremonies, family, market bargaining), so vocabulary attaches to vivid memory hooks rather than floating in isolation

Why it's actually enjoyable:

•  A daily Word of the Day on the home screen, bite-sized exposure that takes 30 seconds
•  Streaks and earned milestones marked in beautiful Ethiopic numerals that reward consistency without nagging
•  A warm, considered visual design with no animated mascots, no fake urgency, no anxiety-driven nag prompts
•  Tap any word, anywhere in the app, to hear it spoken

What you get:

•  25 hand-curated lessons across 5 chapters: greetings, numbers, family, food, travel, emotions, body, weather, work, and more
•  Almost 200 vocabulary words, each with romanised text and the traditional Ge'ez (Ethiopic) script. Toggle whichever you prefer.
•  Female-form alternates for greetings that change by who you're addressing. A real feature of spoken Amharic that most apps skip.
•  Built-in review mode that organises everything you've learned by what's due next

What you don't get:

•  No account or sign-in. Your progress lives on your phone.
•  No ads. Anywhere.
•  No tracking. None.
•  No subscription pressure.

Whether you're planning a trip to Addis Ababa, reconnecting with family heritage, or just curious about one of the world's oldest written languages, Speak Amharic gives you something most language apps don't: a real human voice, science-backed practice, and a pace that respects you.

## Rankings

- #1,433,600 — Overall

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