Learn to read and write the Gujarati you already speak.
For English-native diaspora learners who grew up around Gujarati at home — at family dinners, mandirs, weddings, Garba — and now want to read it confidently and write it in script.
You already know more Gujarati than you think. Sikho turns the Gujarati you have heard your whole life into reading, writing, typing, and confident expression.
You can hear it. You can almost say it. Now learn to read it.
Sikho is built for the diaspora learner with a partial Gujarati system already in place — listening, family vocabulary, cultural familiarity. The missing bridge is literacy.
- I understand my parents and grandparents, but I reply in English.
- I can speak casual Gujarati, but I cannot read a message in Gujarati.
- I know the words when I hear them, but the script looks intimidating.
- I want to read family messages, songs, prayers, captions, recipes.
- I want to write Gujarati properly, not type it in English letters.
- I want to get closer to my language, my culture, and my family.
A word is built of akshars.
Search a Gujarati word, then inspect how Sikho breaks it into akshars: consonant clusters, matras, virama, ra-forms, and speech notes.
Read. Say. Write. Correct.
Recognize what you've heard
From single akshars to family messages, captions, stories, and adult Gujarati text.
Connect script to speech
Read aloud, compare to a model, and build oral fluency from words you already know.
Handwrite, type, compose
Move from copywork and dictation to original messages, summaries, and stories in script.
Learn from each mistake
Instant AI correction, self-review prompts, and spaced practice turn errors into a personal review track.
What changes, and when.
We measure progress in months — not gamified streaks. Here's what most learners can do as they move through the curriculum.
No longer script-blind.
Recognize core vowels, consonants, common matras and simple akshars. Read familiar words slowly. Write short sentences.
Reading aloud, typing comfortably.
Read short passages aloud. Write personal messages. Handle common conjuncts. Use AI to check unfamiliar words.
Independent in real Gujarati.
Read stories, captions, family messages, cultural content. Write corrected narratives, explanations, and everyday messages in script.
An English-speaking learning coach that reads your Gujarati.
The Sikho coach explains in English, shows examples in Gujarati, and adapts to your level. Ask why a word is spelled a certain way, request a dictation quiz on your weakest matras, or paste a family WhatsApp message and have it broken down akshar by akshar.
Why is પ્રેમ spelled with that little hook? I always heard it as just "prem".
Good ear — you're hearing schwa deletion. The hook is a ra-form: ર joined to પ via virama, then the long-e matra. So the akshar reads pre, then મ as m. In script: પ્ + ર + ે + મ.
Yes please — and use foods I'd actually eat at home.
A standalone literacy path from placement to independent reading.
Placement + learning path
Find what you already understand, then build a phase-by-phase script plan.
Akshar explorer
Break words into vowels, consonants, matras, virama, conjuncts, and ra forms.
Read-aloud coach
Record passages, compare to model audio, and repair skipped or misread akshars.
Dictation engine
Turn spoken Gujarati into spelling practice with targeted matra and schwa feedback.
Handwriting practice + grading
Trace, copy, upload, and get AI guidance on forms and matra placement.
Typing practice
Learn Gujarati input through familiar words, copy drills, and speed checks.
Writing corrector
Draft messages and get correction for spelling, register, and written Gujarati style.
Error log + review scheduler
Convert every mistake into spaced review across reading, typing, and dictation.
We're launching soon. No testimonials yet — just a thesis we believe in.
Most language apps treat heritage learners like absolute beginners. They make us click through the alphabet as if we've never said મમ્મી in our lives. Sikho starts somewhere different: with the Gujarati you already carry. The plan is to bridge speech to script, treat the writing system as the akshar-based abugida it actually is, and respect that diaspora Gujarati is real Gujarati. If that resonates, join the early cohort.
Set your first path.
Tell Sikho what Gujarati you already have, then save a starter plan for placement, akshars, reading aloud, dictation, typing, and writing practice.
Gujarati is already part of your life. Start reading it.
A 5-minute placement quiz. A personal phase-by-phase plan. Free to begin.