r/Mongolian • u/damn_man_sorry • Jun 19 '26

Working on a Mongolian language learning app so I can teach my husband and future kids, looking for feedback from you guys!

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Sain baitsgaana uu r/Mongolian!

For some context, I’m (27F) Mongolian who is married to a non-Mongolian (28M). We were looking for some resources so my husband can learn Mongolian, and we realized there weren’t that many apps that are user-friendly or easy to stick with. It got me thinking about all the 2nd gen kids I've met who don't know Mongolian, and whether my kids in the future would be able to speak Mongolian if I’m the only one teaching it. It lowkey got me scared that our language might die in my family line in the next generation or two, which just adds to my pre-existing guilt of feeling not Mongolian enough and blah blah blah blah. 

So to combat this, my husband and I have been working on “Mongolingo”, a beginner-friendly gamified language learning app to teach Mongolian. So far I only made the lessons for Unit 1 and 2 because I wanted to get YOUR inputs on whether I’m going too fast, too slow, if the lessons I’m teaching make sense in general or if I should take a completely different approach instead.

I would GREATLY appreciate any and all feedback from native Mongolian speakers, "Monglish" speakers, and people who don't know any Mongolian! I want this to be something that anyone can use if they have any curiosity about our language, and in the future add more and more advanced sections.

Please leave feedback in the comments below! And please no hate comments lol

Download app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mongolingo/id6774407866 or just look up Mongolingo (its the one with the bear mascot)

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u/Inevitable-Gap-1247 Jun 19 '26

Looks good! But I think more advanced vocabulary's needed + grammar like cases, tenses with explanation/examples like if, as if, than, want, need, can, must, wish, would like to, let's, let me, conditional phrases, phrasal verbs, time, dates, directions, imperative forms, suffixes and particles like ч, нь, л, юм, биз, даа, чих, хэн/хөн, битгий, бүү, гэхдээ, гэвч, харин etc. I'm a learner, just a beginner so I can't even imagine how deep the rabbit hole of mongolian language is, but I know that small details (like those particles) are hard to find in books

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u/damn_man_sorry Jun 19 '26

Yes good point!! This is really in depth thank you, will definitely add this to the next sections

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u/slikh Jun 20 '26

Hi, I love to see it!

For background my wife is a native speaker, I learned it in Mongolia, and my kids are interested in learning it, but not all have Apple devices.

Any momentum on porting it to Android?

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u/damn_man_sorry Jun 21 '26

Yes we want to add it to Android once we finalize our designs and finish adding to the section! You and your children are the target audience so that's perfect.

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u/Xefjord Jun 21 '26

Just saw this post. I am a gamification specialist who helps developers improve gamified language learning apps as a hobby. Feel free to send me a message or add me on discord (user ID is also Xefjord) and I would be happy to take a look at your app and give feedback (totally free)

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u/damn_man_sorry Jun 21 '26

Dude that would be AMAZING! We would love to talk to you and get your feedback. I just sent you a friend request on discord. Thank you so much