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Hear it
Useful language arrives spoken first, with Franco and meaning beside it.
Guided speaking practice · iPhone
From Egyptian Arabic study to real conversation.
Glyph helps you learn Egyptian Arabic by speaking it. Guided lessons build a foundation you say out loud, then use in live conversation.
You have studied. Apps, lists, grammar. A real conversation still knocks you over. Glyph trains the part the study never touched: speaking, live.
How Glyph works
One path, from hearing it to using it.
Every lesson walks the same road. Hear useful language, build with it, say it, use it in conversation, and keep it available through review.
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Build with it
Patterns become sentences you assemble yourself, piece by piece.
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Say it
You speak every line out loud and Glyph checks what it hears.
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Use it live
Live practice puts your lines into a real spoken exchange.
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Keep it
Review brings each sentence back until it stays available.
Sentence building
Build sentences, not just vocabulary.
Words alone collapse under pressure. Glyph hands you the pattern, then makes you produce with it. You ask, you answer, and you rebuild each line yourself.
By the time a sentence shows up in conversation, it is already yours.
ezzayyak?how are you?
Speaking checks
Say it out loud, get it right.
Recognizing a sentence on a screen is not the same as saying it. Glyph asks for the spoken form, listens, and confirms what you actually said.
Quick builds keep the bar honest: say the form the recipe makes, out loud, until it comes without thinking.
ana baakolI eat
Live practice
Use your Arabic in real conversation.
Live practice is a spoken exchange that does not follow your script. Your partner talks, listens, and keeps the conversation moving in Egyptian Arabic.
Turn on hands-free turns and it flows like a call. You carry what you can, and the room to fail safely is the whole point.
sabaa7 el-kheer!good morning!
Ask Glyph
Ask questions when you get stuck.
Why this form? How would I say that? Ask Glyph answers questions about the Arabic you are learning, in plain language, with the Franco in front of you.
New answers stay out of your lessons until they are reviewed. What you practice stays trustworthy.
momken ar2as?may I dance?
Try it now
Day 1, in your browser.
This is the real first lesson. Hear the phrases, practice them, and carry your side of a short greeting conversation.
On purpose
What Glyph doesn't do.
No streaks
Missing a day costs you nothing. The practice waits for you without a guilt counter.
No points or XP
Nothing to farm, nothing to optimize. The only score is what you can say.
No leaderboards
You are not competing with strangers. You are preparing for a conversation.
No English from your partner
Your conversation partner stays in Egyptian Arabic, so you practice the real thing.
Progress is carrying more of a conversation, not collecting points or preserving a streak.
Questions
Before you ask.
Which Arabic does Glyph teach?
Egyptian Arabic, the Cairo dialect, only. That is the point. You learn the language people actually speak in daily conversation, not Modern Standard Arabic.
Do I need any Arabic to start?
No. The first lesson starts from zero, out loud. You will say your first Egyptian Arabic within minutes.
Is it on Android?
Glyph is for iPhone only for now.
Is my conversation partner a person?
No. You practice with Glyph's conversation partner, so you can fail safely and try again as many times as you need.
Is Glyph free?
Glyph is a subscription with a free portion to start. Prices are shown in the app.
Curious for more? Start with the Egyptian Arabic reference notes, read notes from building Glyph, or learn more about the project.
Glyph for iPhone
Be ready when the conversation starts.
Glyph is a speaking foundation, not a promise of instant fluency. More guided lessons are added as they are ready.