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Meet the ancient world in its own words.

Learn a few minutes a day, from the first letters to real texts, with every line spoken in the language's own tradition. Start free with Latin or Greek, or with Egyptian, Hebrew, and more.

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What's inside

Lessons, review, a conversation Coach, and a guided Reader make one path, from your first letters to the texts you came for. Pick the style of your lesson pictures, or turn them off.

  • Choose your language

    Start with Latin or Greek, or with Hebrew, Egyptian, Arabic, and more. Each course has its own path, and you can add another anytime.

  • Lessons that build skill

    Each course opens with the script and its sounds, then builds listening, speaking, reading, and writing step by step until real texts are within reach.

  • Audio on every line

    Every line comes with pronunciation audio chosen for its period and course, so the language reaches your ear and not only your eye.

  • Quick checks

    Short questions put new words to work in a real situation, so you know you understood before you move on.

  • Put it together

    Match each form to its meaning until the new words feel familiar.

  • Help stays close

    The lesson notebook keeps every new word and note one tap away, with sound and meaning, so a hard word slows you down without stopping you.

  • Read the real thing

    Open authentic texts in the Reader and tap any word for its meaning, form, and grammar, so you keep reading instead of stalling.

  • Talk to history

    The Coach lets you practice the language in guided conversation with a historical persona, and explains the why whenever you ask.

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Why learn the language

Keep the translation. Add the language.

Translations remain essential companions. Learning the language adds sound, structure, ambiguity, and context.

What the language lets you notice

  1. 01

    Sound

    Hear the rhythm and force the words were shaped to carry.

  2. 02

    Meaning range

    See the range a careful translation must narrow into one readable choice.

  3. 03

    Emphasis

    Notice how word order and structure place weight on an argument.

  4. 04

    Connection

    Come to a text, a tradition, or your own heritage with skill of your own, and keep scholarship and living interpretation at hand.

Homeschool

Latin you can lead at home.

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Teach at home is a mode for parents and teachers: plan PRAVIEL's Latin lessons, follow each student, and keep a record, in Classical or Ecclesiastical pronunciation.

  • Plan each week

    A scope and sequence, a weekly plan that moves around holidays, teacher notes, and answer keys.

  • Follow each student

    Students 13 and over link their own account, so you see their next lesson and checkpoint scores.

  • Print what you need

    Flashcards and worksheets for the lessons, and a dated record of each student's work.

Greek follows Latin. On our roadmap: a path to college credit, starting with Latin.

Early learner notes

What they found inside.

A few unedited words from early learners. Feedback is shown anonymously and remains in its original English.

I'm glad I've finally found a reliable, free source for learning ancient languages.
Google PlayOriginal feedback in English

Blog

Journal

Essays on language, learning, and the craft behind the lessons.

7 min read

The Cyclops Joke Nolan Couldn't Translate

Christopher Nolan left Homer's most famous joke out of The Odyssey. "Puns in translation are tough," he said. In Greek the trick works twice, and the second half has never survived translation.

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7 min read

The Long War Over the Missing Vowels

For most of the alphabet's history, readers filled in the vowels themselves. When the texts became sacred and the languages stopped being anyone's first tongue, scribes had to write the sound down without changing a single letter.

7 min read

What the Vesuvius Scrolls Are Saying Now

In June a burned Herculaneum scroll was read from end to end without being opened. It turned out to be Stoic ethics, and its last column names a nephew of Chrysippus. Here is what changed, and what still has to be proved.

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FAQ

Questions before you start

Short answers to what people ask most before their first lesson.

Which languages can I learn?
Latin and Greek lead: they are our deepest courses and grow fastest. Middle Egyptian, hieroglyphs included, and Koine Greek come right behind, and Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, Sanskrit, Classical Arabic, Classical Chinese, Old Church Slavonic, and Middle English are available too. Every course keeps growing, with 44+ languages planned.
How do I know I'm making progress?
In Latin and Greek, the app measures your progress item by item against a published A1 syllabus: EULALIA for Latin and LanguageCert's Test of Classical Greek for Greek. It shows how much of that syllabus you have covered in reading and language use; it is not a certificate or a level. Measures for the other courses are on our roadmap.
How accurate is the content?
Accuracy is the whole point, so nothing is improvised in front of you. Lessons are prepared in advance from curated linguistic sources and checked before they ship. Explanations are checked against standard references, with citations where available. See something off? Report it in one tap, right from the lesson.
Is PRAVIEL free?
Free to start. PRAVIEL is free to use today, with no paid plan and no card required.

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