Vocabulari I couldn’t find a Catalan learning resource I actually liked, so I made one
I’ve been trying to learn Catalan and kept running into the same problem: there are some genuinely good resources out there, but a lot of the online learning experience feels either dated, fragmented, or designed around Spanish rather than English.
So I ended up building my own.
It’s a free, open-source web app for learning Catalan from English:
https://naghiyev1.github.io/learn-catalan/
It currently has:
- A0 → C1 learning path
- Grammar explanations in English
- Barcelona/Central Catalan
- A 5,000-word frequency-based vocabulary curriculum
- Contextual flashcards with audio
- Browser-based pronunciation/audio
- Grammar and vocabulary sections
- A story that gradually gets more difficult as you progress
- No account, no paywall, no ads
It’s very much a work in progress, and I’m not claiming it’s better than the resources people here already use. I built it because I wanted something like this myself.
I’d genuinely love some feedback from people who actually speak or are learning Catalan.
Especially:
- Area there mistakes or unnatural Catalan?
- Does the progression make sense?
- Is anything confusing or unnecessarily complicated?
- What would you add?
- And, most importantly, would you actually use something like this?
If you’re learning Catalan, give it a try and tell me what you think. Brutal feedback is welcome. 😄
