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สวัสดี

sawatdee

Kamusta

Здраво

zdravo

Tungjatjeta

안녕하세요

annyeonghaseyo

សួស្តី

suosdey

你好

neihou

ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ

namaskara

ഹലോ

halo

வணக்கம்

vanakkam

السلام علیکم

assalamu alaykum

Kumusta

Kia ora

We're Ling!

We're on a mission to connect people across cultures by making hard languages easy to learn, with real native speakers, no boring textbooks.

2008

The Beginning

Where Love Meets Language.

Simon (German) and Khwan (Thai) met at university in Germany.
Simon wanted to learn Thai to connect with Khwan's culture.

“So they built their own”

But here's the thing: there were no good Thai learning apps. Nothing with real native voices. Nothing that actually worked.

They got married, moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand, and started Ling.

Münster, Germany
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2017

The Launch

Ling Goes Live

After years of work, Ling launched on iOS and Android. Real Thai voices. Fun lessons. No boring textbooks

Why native speakers?

You don't learn a language from robots or textbooks. You learn from real people—how they actually talk, laugh, and live.

That's why every lesson in Ling is recorded by native speakers. Real pronunciation. Real culture. Real connection.

People loved it. Expats, couples, travelers: everyone learning Thai finally had something that worked.

Hard Languages? We Make Them Fun

Thai script looks impossible? Burmese feels overwhelming? We get it. That's why we built gamified lessons that make even the toughest languages feel like a game you want to keep playing.
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Gamified lessons
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Native audio
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Actually fun

2018-2024

Growth

We Got Hooked

Turns out, we really loved helping people learn languages. So we kept going, adding more and more languages every year.

Languages that barely exist online-we made them accessible.

Because your partner's language matters. Your heritage matters. The culture you're curious about matters to us.

We started with Thai. Then we added Khmer. Lao. Burmese. Tagalog, and more!

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Today

The Mission

Connect the World

Learning a language isn't just about words. It's about understanding people. Their jokes. Their stories. Their world.

We want to be your go-to place for learning any language and helping you connect with people everywhere.

  • All languages, one app
  • Learn anywhere, anytime
  • Connect across cultures
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Today, We're Helping Millions Learn.

70+ Languages
5M+ Learners
20+ Countries on our team

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Built with Love from Thailand

Simon and Khwan got married, moved to Chiang Mai, and started Ling. Now we're a team of 20+ nationalities working together to make language learning actually work.

Same mission. Bigger team. Still personal.

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Ready to Start Your Language Journey?

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