The professional's method, in your pocket

Learn a language
the way the
professionals do.

Envoy is a language-learning app that teaches you the way diplomats do — comprehensible-input lessons pitched just above your level, spaced repetition that catches you right before you forget, and daily speaking with an AI tutor graded on the FSI hour-ladder.

★★★★★ loved by serious learners · 16 languages · Free to start — no card
🇵🇭 Tagalog
🇯🇵 日本語
🇪🇸 Español
🇰🇷 한국어
Magandang umaga 👋🇵🇭 Tagalog
Your place on the ladder
A2B1 · you are hereC1
Today's mission
📖Lesson — At the palengke6 min · comprehensible input
🎙️Speak with your tutorOrder in Tagalog, out loud
♻️Review 8 due phrasesSpaced repetition
At the caféA1 · i+1
Sa kapehan — tap any gold word
Magandang umaga! Ano ang gusto ninyo?Good morning! What would you like?
Isang kape, po.One coffee, please.
Mainit o malamig?Hot or cold?
gusto — to want / to like
Live translatorEN → 🇵🇭
Two-way conversation mode
Where is the jeepney to Cebu?You
Nasaan ang dyip papuntang Cebu?plays aloud in a natural voice
🔊 Tap to hear it. Save it to your phrasebook.
SpeakTutor
Kumusta! Handa ka na bang mag-order ng pagkain?Hi! Ready to order some food?
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Listening… speak naturally
Your progressFSI ladder
Honest math — no fake streaks
A1
A2
B1
B2
C1
218 hrs
logged toward professional fluency
Everyday TagalogCh 1 / 15
Kumusta — The Warmth of Hello

Tagalog begins, almost always, with warmth. The first word most learners meet — kumusta — came from Spanish, worn smooth by four centuries of Filipino mouths…

Kumusta ka?koo-moos-TAH kah🔊🔖
How are you?
Salamat po.sah-LAH-maht poh🔊🔖
Thank you (polite).

16 full courses — including three Philippine languages you won't find anywhere else.

Why Envoy works

Not gamified. Engineered.

Every feature is drawn from how the U.S. Foreign Service actually trains diplomats to operational fluency — rebuilt for your phone.

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Comprehensible input

Story-driven lessons pitched at "i+1" — just one step past what you know, so meaning sticks without translation drills.

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Spaced repetition

An SRS engine resurfaces each word the moment before you'd forget it. Nothing you learn quietly slips away.

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Daily speaking tutor

Talk out loud with an AI tutor that adapts to your level, corrects gently, and never makes you feel stupid.

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Honest FSI progress

No cartoon streaks. You see real hours logged against the same fluency ladder governments use to certify officers.

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Live two-way translator

Field Mode turns your phone into an interpreter — speak, and it speaks back in a natural voice. Built for real trips.

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Works offline

Lessons, reviews and your phrasebook all work on a plane or in a dead zone. Progress syncs the moment you're back.

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Scenario roleplay

Step into a café, a market, a job interview — your AI tutor plays the part in-language while you work toward a real goal. Practice by doing, not drilling.

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Speak from day one

Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Arabic and more show a romanized pronunciation on every line — say it out loud without first learning the writing system.

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Real certificates

Reach a CEFR level and earn a shareable, verifiable certificate of your progress — save it as an image or a print-ready PDF.

The method

Four moves, every day.

Fifteen honest minutes beats an hour you'll never repeat. Here's the loop that compounds.

1

Absorb

Read and hear a short scene you can almost fully understand. Tap any word for its meaning.

2

Speak

Say it back to your tutor — or step into a full scene and roleplay it. Output is where passive knowledge becomes real fluency.

3

Review

Clear your due cards. The algorithm decides what you see, timed to your memory.

4

Track

Watch real hours climb the CEFR ladder toward a date with fluency you can actually plan around.

16full-course languages
3Philippine languages
A1–C1the full CEFR ladder
100%free to start
The Reader

A Kindle on steroids for a language.

Beyond lessons — sit back and read a whole book in your target language. Graded from your first hello to midnight philosophy, with the pronunciation right there on every line.

6graded books
90chapters
521spoken phrases
  • Read cover to cover. Warm, story-driven prose carries you A1 → C1 — culture, grammar and nuance woven into the narrative, not drilled.
  • Say it right. Every phrase shows an English-phonetic pronunciation, so you always know how it actually sounds.
  • Hear every line. Tap any sentence to play it in a natural voice.
  • Save as you read. Bookmark phrases straight into your spaced-repetition phrasebook.
Open the Reader — free →
Honest math

When will you be fluent?

Most apps hide the timeline. We'll show you the real one — anchored to FSI research on how long each language actually takes.

You could be holding real conversations by
Conversational (B1)
Professional fluency (B2)
Total hours to professional
Start this course free

Estimates use FSI category hours to ILR-3 (≈ CEFR B2/C1) and your chosen daily pace. Your real mileage depends on consistency — which is exactly what Envoy is built to protect.

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Rare & underserved

Tagalog, Cebuano & Kapampangan — done properly.

The languages of the Philippines are barely covered by the big apps. Envoy ships full courses with native audio, cultural notes, and the real phrases you'll use in a palengke, a jeepney, or your in-laws' kitchen.

Learn Tagalog → Learn Cebuano → Learn Kapampangan →

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