What learners say about LingoBear
“Hands down one of the best language apps I've tried, love it.”
gayshouldbecanon
“Really cool way to build vocab breadth and depth on topics of interest! Especially love the explanation field which provides so much helpful context.”
vayabien
“I really think this will help language learners with motivation. It's great that you can type in your interest, and it creates a story/article for you. Well done!”
Chasing_toucans
“This is really cool! The UI is very intuitive and not annoying and the text it generated was interesting and the right level for me. This really is the first language tool I've seen in a while that's actually interesting and fresh.”
anonymous
“Just tried it out. This is Awesome! I'll be using it on my Xbox a lot I can foresee.”
michaeldross
“Loved it. This is the kind of thing that makes me excited about generative AI in the language learning space.”
ButterflyBitter888
Every word in your Kanuri reading passage is clickable. Get English translations and grammar help without leaving the text.
Type any topic and LingoBear generates a fresh Kanuri reading passage — useful when textbooks are concentrated in the Lake Chad region.
Kanuri is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Saharan branch, with around 9.5 million speakers in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Historically it was the court language of the Kanem–Bornu empire (9th–19th centuries), one of the longest-lasting states in African history. The main literary varieties today are Yerwa (Maiduguri) Kanuri and Manga Kanuri.
Kanuri has been written in Ajami (a modified Arabic script) since the early Islamic period, and in a Latin alphabet since the colonial era. The Latin orthography uses standard letters plus some accented vowels and consonants like ɓ, ɗ, ƙ to mark glottalised stops. Grammar uses SOV word order, postpositions, and a system of nominal suffixes for case.