Kazakh — logic, not a list of rules

A visual suffix builder, real texts, and smart review — in your browser, on phone and desktop. From "I understand nothing" to reading the news in 90 days.

days to reading the news
minutes a day
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Constructor · demo

Stem бала + plural →

бала

Singular → plural, automatically by vowel harmony

143 A1 words already in the dictionary · 500 by release

бала·child
үй·house
жол·road
көше·street
кітап·book
ана·mother
әке·father
дос·friend
су·water
нан·bread
алма·apple
мектеп·school
жүрек·heart
қол·hand
бала·child
үй·house
жол·road
көше·street
кітап·book
ана·mother
әке·father
дос·friend
су·water
нан·bread
алма·apple
мектеп·school
жүрек·heart
қол·hand
жақсы·good
үлкен·big
кіші·small
ыстық·hot
жаңа·new
қара·black
қызыл·red
бару·to go
келу·to come
көру·to see
білу·to know
оқу·to read
жеу·to eat
ішу·to drink
жақсы·good
үлкен·big
кіші·small
ыстық·hot
жаңа·new
қара·black
қызыл·red
бару·to go
келу·to come
көру·to see
білу·to know
оқу·to read
жеу·to eat
ішу·to drink

Three mechanics

Three mechanics that work together

Each one closes its own gap. Together they cover the path from "I understand nothing" to "I read the news".

бала-ларбалалар

11 morphological categories

Vowel-harmony builder

You don’t memorize endings as a list — you assemble words from a stem and suffixes. The validator catches harmony errors in real time.

Мысық ― үй жануары. Африка тұрғындары оны үйреткен.

Real content, not textbook dialogues

Smart reader

You read real texts, not made-up phrases. Tap a word for its translation. The system remembers and highlights words you already know.

SRS

One shared SRS queue

One dictionary for everything

Words from flashcards, the reader, and the builder all land in a single SM-2 queue. The system brings back whatever you start forgetting.

Smart reader · demo

Read Kazakh without switching to a translator

Hover over a word — the translation shows up right in the text. Try it.

Reader · Мысық
A2

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3 known7 new
Level A2

Tap a word

Instant translation and part of speech. Without leaving the text.

Smart highlighting

Words you know stay grey; new ones get a dotted accent-colored underline.

Into SRS in one tap

A new word joins your shared review queue — not a separate list.

How it works

From sign-up to reading the news — 4 steps. Nothing extra.

01

Sign up

Email and password — 30 seconds. Progress syncs across your devices.

02

Your level

A few questions and the system decides where to start you.

03

15 minutes a day

Open til.lab — the day’s plan is already built around your goal.

04

Progress

In a month you read the news, in three you speak.

What you get after 30 / 60 / 90 days

Realistic: 15 minutes a day, no fluff. Drawn from our A1-A2 methodology.

30days

You read signs and notices

  • 200-300 most frequent words
  • You grasp plural and cases in context
  • You tell back/front harmony apart by ear
Key milestone
60days

You follow everyday conversation

  • 600-800 active words
  • You read short news with the reader
  • You build simple sentences in the builder
90days

You speak at an everyday level

  • 1200+ words
  • You read articles and news with ~90% comprehension
  • You confidently decline names and possessives

In two days of development

Foundation first, polish later

The Kazakh morphology model, the database schema, and the first dictionary already work. Not "coming soon" — the actual state of things.

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A1 words
in the base, 500 by release
0
morphology categories
plural, 5 poss, 5 cases
0/62
green morpho-tests
on the reference set
0
texts in the reader
from simple to advanced

How it stacks up against the alternatives

We don’t replace Duolingo or a tutor — we cover what they miss.

til.lab
Duolingo
Tutor
A complete Kazakh course
Explains the logic of vowel harmony
Real texts, not textbook phrases
Smart SRS review
Flexible on your schedule
Personal feedback
Break down any word in the text with a tap

This comparison highlights differences in approach; apps and teachers can complement one another.

Til.lab is for you if you…

Work at a Kazakh-speaking company

Standups, documents, emails — all in Kazakh. You want to understand without a translator.

Are preparing for the ЕНТ

You need a base to handle grammar confidently and read texts.

Are moving to Kazakhstan

You want to settle into society faster and speak politely.

Are just curious

A Turkic language with beautiful logic. You want to understand how it works and not give up.

Learning is open to everyone. Support helps it grow.

Every Til.lab feature is available without payment. If the project helps you, you can support it voluntarily with any amount.

Support the project

Complete access

The reader, vocabulary, grammar, games, and smart review are available to everyone.

No obligations

Support never affects access and buys nothing — it is simply a way to help the project.

For development

Support helps cover infrastructure and continued work on Til.lab.

Frequently asked questions

Didn’t find your answer? Write to me.

Duolingo for Kazakh gives you basic words and repetitive phrases, but it doesn’t explain the logic of vowel harmony — why «бала → балалар» but «үй → үйлер». Til.lab fills exactly that gap: it shows endings as declarative rules and gives you a visual builder.

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Til.lab — Kazakh as logic, not a list of rules