Odi odi! Welcome to Mama Tongo. Mama Tongo teaches Sranan Tongo, the language of Suriname. Good to know: the lessons are in Dutch, so you learn Sranan Tongo from Dutch. The menus are also available in English. My parents are from Suriname, but they never taught me Sranan Tongo. With family, I nodded along to words I didn't have (yet). The language was always there, around me, but never mine. What really struck me: many Surinamese people in the Netherlands don't speak their mother tongue, for different reasons. Partly because they never got the language from home. Often there was a taboo at home on speaking Surinamese to your parents or elders: out of respect, because of the history of slavery, or because parents did this on purpose, hoping their child would learn to speak better Dutch. That gap became this app. Mama Tongo, which stands for mother tongue, is the app I wish I'd had: short lessons that feel like home, without school pressure, with the culture simply included, from the market in Paramaribo to Keti Koti. Do you also have a home language you never got to learn? Then this is for you. Wi o leri makandra: we learn it together. — J.S.B., Creator of Mama Tongo Start for free Chapter 1 is completely free: all 10 lessons, including the quiz boss at the end. Learning Sranan Tongo starts with words you may already know from childhood: mama, oso, switi. So you'll feel right away whether Mama Tongo suits you, without paying a cent. Learning that feels like a game - Short lessons of a few minutes, whenever it suits you. - A daily streak that keeps you going. - XP, missions and eleven mascots to collect. - Every lesson builds sentences your (grand)parents will recognize. The culture included Language and culture belong together. In Discover you'll find stories, music and fun facts: from the market in Paramaribo to Keti Koti. You don't just learn what to say, but also where it comes from. The Guide Need to look up a word quickly? The Guide is your Sranan Tongo reference, always at hand. MamaTongo Pro Want to continue after chapter 1? MamaTongo Pro unlocks all 15 chapters and 150 lessons, everything in Discover, the full Guide and your own notes for each chapter. Pro comes as a monthly or yearly subscription, which renews automatically until you cancel in your App Store settings, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. Want to try it first? There is a one-time trial week: seven days of everything up to chapter 5. The app shows the prices in your currency. You can always start for free and decide later. Going to Suriname? The Vakanti travel guide is a separate one-time purchase: tips from Surinamese people and from visitors, from the market to the interior. It is not part of Pro, except with Yearly and Lifetime, where it is included for free. For the whole family Turn on kids mode and all prices and buy buttons disappear. As a parent you can still get in, through a small sum that a child won't tap past by accident. For everyone who recognizes the language of home but never got to learn it. Follow Mama Tongo on Instagram and TikTok: @mamatongo_ Kon na mi. Terms: https://www.mamatongo.nl/voorwaarden Privacy policy: https://www.mamatongo.nl/privacy