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Anioma Roots

The program

A path from first word to real conversation.

Six modules of short lessons you can do on a commute, weekly live classes where you actually speak, and a record of everything you have covered so you can always see how far in you are.

What you learn

What you will be able to do.

Not a syllabus of topics covered — a list of things you could not do before and will be able to do after.

  • Greet, introduce yourself, and hold a short exchange without switching to English.
  • Hear the tone distinctions that change a word's meaning, and produce them.
  • Understand what is being said around you at a family gathering.
  • Read a proverb and explain what it is actually arguing.
  • Know what your own name means, and be able to say it the way it is said at home.
  • Ask an elder a question in Enuani and follow the answer.

How lessons work

Four parts, about fifteen minutes.

Every lesson has the same shape, so you always know what you are walking into.

01

Audio, first

Every lesson opens with a native speaker. You hear the phrase before you see it written, because the spelling of a tonal language will lie to you if you meet it first.

02

A cultural note

What the phrase is for. Who says it to whom, when it would be rude, what it implies that a translation drops. This is the part that makes the language stick.

03

A short quiz

A handful of questions at the end — recall, listening, and meaning. Graded immediately, with an explanation for anything you get wrong.

04

Something to try

One thing to actually use before the next lesson. A greeting to send, a question to ask, a phrase to work into a call home.

The modules

Where the path goes.

Module titles and lesson counts are indicative while the curriculum is being finalised.

  1. 01

    Greetings & belonging

    5 lessons

    Dalu unu (“Hello, everyone”) and the greetings around it, greeting by age and status, introducing yourself and your people.

  2. 02

    Family, food & memory

    7 lessons

    The words for kin, the vocabulary of a kitchen, and how to talk about what you remember.

  3. 03

    Place, pride & proverbs

    6 lessons

    Towns and origins, saying where you are from, and your first proverbs in context.

  4. 04

    Numbers, market & exchange

    6 lessons

    Counting, prices, bargaining, and the everyday arithmetic of a market conversation.

  5. 05

    Names & naming

    5 lessons

    How Anioma names are built, what they claim, and the ceremonies behind them.

  6. 06

    Telling a story

    7 lessons

    Past tense, sequence, and the shape of a told story — enough to hold the floor.

Live classes

The part where you actually speak.

Lessons build the vocabulary. The live room is where it becomes usable — small groups, cameras on, everyone equally out of practice.

Weekly, scheduled
2 group classes a week on Speak & Connect, 3 on Deep Roots. Sessions are recorded, so a missed week is not a lost week.
Small by design
Groups are kept small enough that everyone speaks. If a room stops being a room you can talk in, it stops being a class.
One-to-one, if you want it
Deep Roots includes 4 private sessions a month — for pronunciation, for a speech you have to give, or for going at your own pace.

A week on the program

  • MonLesson 3.2 — Saying where you are from14 min
  • WedLesson 3.3 — Two proverbs about home16 min
  • ThuLive: Story Circle45 min
  • SatModule 3 quiz8 min
  • SunLive: Speaking practice45 min

An example week. You set your own pace — nothing expires.

Progress

You can see how far in you are.

Progress is tracked per lesson and per module, with quiz scores kept so you can go back to what did not land.

Lesson by lesson

Each lesson records where you stopped, so picking it up later starts where you left it rather than at the top.

Quiz history

Every attempt is kept with its score, and you can retake any quiz as many times as you like.

Module completion

A module closes when its lessons and quiz are done — the one clear marker of having finished something.

The program, the quizzes and the cultural library are included on every plan. The live classes are what Speak & Connect and Deep Roots add.

Ready when you are

Begin with module one.

Start on any plan and move up or down as your pace changes. Cancel whenever you like.

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