Rean Kui App

A mobile app for learning Kui, so a language with few digital resources has somewhere to be taught from.

Project Information

Category :
Mobile app
Services :
Product design, Mobile development
Year :
2024

Project Challenges

A minority language has almost no learning material online, and what does exist is scattered across documents that were never designed to be studied from.

Building for a language rather than for a market changes which constraints matter.

  • Thin source material Lessons have to be built alongside the content rather than laid over an existing curriculum.
  • Script and pronunciation Written form alone does not teach a language that is mostly spoken, so audio belongs in the lesson rather than beside it.
  • Modest devices The audience is not on new hardware or fast connections, which sets the ceiling on assets and bundle size.

What we built

We built the smallest useful lesson loop first — a short unit, practised, repeated — and made the content structure something contributors can add to without a developer.

Type
Mobile app
Built
Lessons, practice, audio
Grows by
Adding lessons as content

Project Summary

Kui learners have a single app to work from, and new lessons go in as content rather than as a release.

A mobile app for learning Kui, so a language with few digital resources has somewhere to be taught from.