A friendly, conversation-first way to learn Cebuano — the language spoken across the Visayas and Mindanao. Built for travellers, partners, and the genuinely curious. Free to use — just sign up and you're in.
Most language apps read everything with a robotic text-to-speech voice — the same kind behind Google Translate. It fumbles pronunciation, flattens the tone, and quietly gets things wrong. You end up learning to sound like a machine. Chika With Me is different.
🔊Click to hear a robot read this
🔊Click to hear a real native speaker
Tap the 🔊 on any word or phrase and you hear a real person, not a robot. Learn to sound like someone from the Visayas — because that's exactly who you're hearing.
Chika With Me isn't another rigid drill app. It's organized the way real conversations are organized — by what you'd actually say in a moment. Greetings. Ordering food. Numbers. Asking for directions.
Every word has audio recorded by native speakers. You can mark anything as "learning" to focus your practice, run quick daily quizzes, and watch your progress build over weeks rather than minutes.
It's deliberately simple — no streaks, no shame, no manufactured urgency. Just words you'll actually use, in your pocket whenever you want them.
Not a locked path of lessons — a workshop you drive. Every word and phrase laid out in tidy, colour-coded groups, each with a 🔊 button in a real native voice. Tap around, build what you need, and learn the way that actually suits you.
No timers, no streaks, no guilt. Open it for three words or three hundred — it's your workbench, pick up right where you left off.
Quiz any group, take the Daily Quiz, or jump into the Games — and see how fast and accurate you can get.
Every quiz logs your accuracy, speed and level per group, and your Report Card shows what's clicking and what's still tricky.
Mark the groups you're learning, favourite the phrases that matter to you, and set your own level. You decide the path.
These are actual screenshots of the app running on a phone — the whole thing is built mobile-first. Tap around, hear every word, and pick up right where you left off.
Small features that compound. Each one designed to lower the friction between you and your next conversation.
Every word has a clean audio recording. Hear the rhythm before you read the syllables.
Toggle any group as "learning" to focus your quizzes on what matters to you right now.
Ten questions, sixty seconds, no fuss. Built to fit between coffee and the next thing.
Greetings, food, numbers, transport, emotions — words clustered by when you'd actually need them.
A weekly report card showing what's getting easier and what's still tricky. No fake streaks.
Designed for phones first. Open it, learn three words, close it. That's a complete session.
Did you know more than 20 million people speak Bisaya? Yet Tagalog gets all the apps. Across Cebu, Bohol, Davao, and most of the southern Philippines, people don't speak Tagalog at home — they speak Bisaya. If you want to actually connect with someone from Mindanao or the Visayas, this is the language to learn. We made the tool that didn't exist.
Everything you need to know before you start learning Bisaya.
Yes — it's completely free. Just sign up with your name, email and a password and you get full access. No credit card, no trial.
Bisaya, also called Cebuano, is spoken by over 20 million people across Cebu, Bohol, Davao and much of the Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines. It is a different language from Tagalog (Filipino).
Yes. Every word and phrase is recorded by a native Cebuano speaker and hand proof-checked — not robotic text-to-speech — so you learn to sound like a real person from the Visayas.
No. Chika With Me runs in your web browser and is built mobile-first. Open it, learn a few words, and close it — nothing to install.
Travellers, partners of Bisaya speakers, Filipinos reconnecting with their roots, and anyone curious about the Cebuano language.
Browse free word lists and guides — no account needed. Sign up free to unlock the native-speaker audio, quizzes and progress tracking.
