Why Asakiri exists

The resources weren't there

A few years ago, I wanted to learn Georgian. I looked for a course the way I would for French or Spanish and found very little: a few textbooks, some videos, scattered forum posts.

The problem became obvious pretty quickly. If a language doesn't have a large number of learners, it rarely gets the same quality of learning tools.

For less commonly taught languages, learners are often left to assemble their own curriculum from whatever they can find. That always felt backwards to me. The languages with the fewest resources are often the ones that most need people willing to build them.

Depth and practice in one place

I also wanted a different kind of learning experience.

I need the structure of a good textbook: concepts introduced in the right order, grammar explained properly, and lessons that build on what came before.

But reading alone isn't enough. I also need frequent practice: short exercises, repetition, listening, writing, and opportunities to actually use what I've learned.

Most language tools lean heavily toward one side. Textbooks have depth but little interaction. Apps are good at practice but often skip the explanation and structure behind it.

Asakiri is an attempt to combine both: the depth of a textbook with the practice of a learning app.

What Asakiri is

Asakiri is a home for language learning, and it has two sides. One is a place to teach a language with structured lessons, reusable content, rich media, and interactive exercises. The other is a free app to learn from them.

Courses remain portable and under the control of the people who make them. The goal is to let anyone who cares about a language, especially smaller and overlooked languages, teach a course worth learning from, and to give learners a good way to study it.

Asakiri is still early. If that idea interests you, follow along, try it out, or help build it.