Who makes this, and why
A gift, not a product.
Cymanfa is built by the Veydrin Order as non-commercial, open infrastructure for Welsh, and for every minority and revival language that follows.
A language is not content to be shipped. It is a people's memory, and it should belong to them.
No investors, no ads, nothing to sell. The tool is ours to give; the words belong to the communities who speak them. If we vanished tomorrow, the languages, the data and the app would live on without us.
Yours, and private
No account. No catch.
No classroom, no one listening in. Practise out loud where no one can hear you, and keep every step on your own device.
Works offline
Install it once and learn on a train, a mountain, a plane. No signal required, and never behind a paywall.
No accounts
No sign-up, no email, no password. Open it and begin.
No tracking
No analytics, no ads, no telemetry. Nothing watches you learn.
Free and open
AGPL-3.0, forever. Read the source, run your own, share it with your class.
Yours to carry on
Built to be handed over.
Cymanfa is open infrastructure, not a product with an owner. It is built so a language and its people can take it and run, with or without us.
Make a pack
Build a language pack in the browser. Type the phrases, pick a voice, share the file. No code, no gatekeeper.
Bring a voice
Add an open voice by link and it is verified on the spot. Communities host their own; we mirror the best.
Self-host it all
Open source app, open JSON data, a published standard. Run your own instance for your school or region.
Outlives us
If the Order vanishes tomorrow, the languages, the data and the app live on. Nothing here needs us to exist.
Questions
The short answers.
Is Cymanfa really free?
Yes. Cymanfa is free forever, with no ads, no subscription and no paywall. It is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Which languages can I learn?
Welsh, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Catalan and Basque today, with more added as communities bring the words.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Install Cymanfa once and it works with no signal. It never needs a connection or an account.
Do you track me?
No. There is no analytics, no advertising and no telemetry. Your progress stays on your own device and never leaves it.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up, email or password. Open it and start learning.
How does it teach?
A say-it-aloud loop, in the tradition of Say Something in Welsh, plus spaced repetition, dictation, fill-the-gap practice and a tap-a-word dictionary.
Is my voice recorded or graded by a machine?
No. You judge your own speaking. No machine records or grades how you speak.
Cymanfa · a gathering where voices rise together
Join the gathering.
The Order builds the tool. The community brings the words. Install it from your browser on any device, and help keep a language alive.