Who makes Söz

Why we do this

A few million people speak Kyrgyz, and that is not enough to get into a large platform's catalogue. So people with Kyrgyz roots abroad, families raising children far from home, and anyone who simply needs the language are left with textbooks, scattered word lists, and very little in between.

We are building what we wanted ourselves: useful words in real sentences, pronunciation, grammar and culture, arranged so that fifteen minutes a day turns into progress rather than guilt.

How the guides are written

Every language guide on this site draws on the same reviewed learning dictionary that ships inside the app, so the words and examples you read here are the ones you will practise there.

Each guide names the person responsible for it and the date it was last checked. And where a guide gives a number — how many letters in the alphabet, how many cases in the grammar — that number is checked against a published source rather than copied from the next website along.

If we get something wrong

Guides are written by people, and people get things wrong. Found a translation that is off, an example nobody would actually say, a spelling from another dialect? Tell us. We will fix it and put a new review date on the page.

Careful corrections from native speakers are the most valuable thing anyone sends us.

• Write to [email protected] and say which page, and what is wrong.
• Corrections to the app's dictionary are welcome at the same address.

How Söz pays for itself

The app is free. There is an optional Söz Pro subscription through the App Store, and you can support the project directly with a donation.

There are no investors behind us demanding growth at any cost, and no advertising business that profits from keeping you in the app longer than the learning needs. Which is what lets us build Söz slowly and properly.