AYNEHA School New

AYNEHA School guides learners from the very first letter to reading real Songhay words. Everything happens inside the app, offline: you can learn in a village as well as in town.

What it does

• The alphabet letter by letter: the 5 vowels and 22 consonants, each with its pronunciation, spelling, every form and example words
• The 4 diacritics (nasalisation, opening, double, silent) explained one by one, with the table of the 50 combinations and their rules
• The syllabary: each consonant with the five vowels, in simple, nasal or double form
• The digits: the 10 AYNEHA digits, a converter, a table from 0 to 9999, ordinal numbers and the decimal comma
• The name of each number in Songhay, in Latin letters and in AYNEHA, up to 999,999
• Finger tracing of letters, their variants and digits, rated from 0 to 3 stars
• Six quiz games of 10 questions (recognise, find, which diacritic, read the syllable, digits, put in order), with your best score kept
• A transcription workshop: type in Latin letters, the text is written in AYNEHA with an explanation of each letter; copy it or share it as an image
• A « Practise » mode: a word is given, you write it with a keyboard of AYNEHA letters and the app corrects you
• Reading real texts: syllables, words, the capital and the 19 regions of Mali, Songhay family names, days, months, short sentences and the national anthem, all checked by the author
• A glossary of nearly 400 words sorted by theme, with search in Songhay or French and a button to practise

How to use it

1. Open the app and start with « The alphabet ».
2. Tap a letter to see its card, then « Trace » to write it with your finger.
3. Move on to the diacritics, the syllabary and the digits.
4. Test yourself with the quizzes: your best score is kept.
5. Read real words in « Reading », then write your own in the Workshop.