JW Language is an official app produced by Jehovah's Witnesses to help language learners improve their communication skills in the ministry and at congregation meetings. It includes phrases, pictures, and activities for language learning.
Language Selection
After installing the app, select your primary language and the language you are learning. Choose from the following languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese Cantonese (Traditional), Chinese Mandarin (Simplified), Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish Kurmanji, Low German, Malay, Myanmar, Nahuatl (Central), Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.
HOME
• Receive encouragement to learn new words with featured content and activities
• Access recently viewed categories
PHRASES
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
PICTURES
• Learn useful vocabulary with pictures
• Explore scenes
ACTIVITIES
• Play learning games in any category or collection
• Words that you get wrong are displayed more often
GRAMMAR
• Observe how different words change a sentence to help you understand the grammar and sentence structure of the language you’re learning
• Change words in sentences from singular to plural, future to past tense, and more
NOTES
• Romanization is not available in Grammar at this time
• Grammar audio uses the text-to-speech feature of your device; the languages and audio can be configured in your device settings
• Grammar is available in all languages, except Arabic and Low German
• Support for Android 15.
• Performance improvements.
• Bug fixes.
• Dark mode support.
• Performance improvements.
• Bug fixes.
• Support for Android 14 devices and resizable devices.
• Performance improvements.
• Bug fixes.
• Performance and layout improvements for all learning activities.
• Fixed a bug where pictures were not displayed correctly on some devices.
• Bug fixes.
• Performance improvements for Grammar feature.
• Fixed a bug where a backup file could not be restored on some devices.
• Bug fixes
• Fixed a bug where the device language was not detected properly on a fresh install.
• Fixed a crash affecting a small number of devices.
• Improved WiFi and cellular data detection for newer Android versions.
• Cellular data preference is now saved correctly in Settings.
• Downloading all content is significantly faster.
• Added a close button to video player.
• Improved notifications across all Android versions.
• Online links are no longer truncated in some situations.
• Fixed a bug where some screens were unresponsive when the app was resumed.
• Fixed several crashes affecting mostly Samsung devices.
• Fixed the detection of WiFi and cellular connectivity for newer versions of Android.
• Audio Lessons continue playing audio when the app is backgrounded or the screen is locked.
• Improved layouts when the primary language is right-to-left.
• Fixed some crashes affecting a small number of users.
• Bug fixes
• New languages: Kurdish Kurmanji, Nahuatl (Central), Polish, Romanian, Somali, Tamil, and Ukrainian.
• Minimum supported version is now Android Lollipop 5.0.
• Bug fixes.
• Updated app icon
• Updated icon for Donations
• Bug fixes
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
SEARCH ENHANCEMENTS• Search results include Grammar content and categories• Recent searches are saved for easy access• Word suggestions as you type
GRAMMAR• Observe how different words change a sentence to help you understand the grammar and sentence structure of the language you’re learning• Change words in sentences from singular to plural, future to past tense, and moreNOTES• Romanization is not available in Grammar at this time• Grammar audio uses the text-to-speech feature of your device; the languages and audio can be configured in your device settings• Grammar is available in all languages, except Arabic and Low German