Shipibo Joi.
The Shipibo language.
Learn to greet someone, say your name, and describe the world in Shipibo-Konibo. Lessons you can start right now, speakers’ recordings arriving through 2026, and live classes when you want a teacher in the room.
Lessons that stick
You flip a card, say the word, and tell it the truth about whether you knew it. Then matching, typing, a short quiz. One idea at a time.
Every word sourced
Every word links to the dictionary, where you can see exactly where it comes from.
Audio on the way
Native-speaker pronunciation for every word is being recorded — added free, for the life of the course.
UNESCO lists Shipibo-Konibo as definitely endangered. Around 35,000 people speak it, and it is still spoken every day along the Ucayali — but it is no longer the norm for children to learn it at home. The elders carry the most vocabulary, the most song and the deepest knowledge of the forest. Every lesson here is built from recordings made with Shipibo speakers, now, while that knowledge can still be recorded first-hand.
Shipibo Foundations
Two courses, 43 interactive lessons. Module 1 free.
Module 1 — Beginnings
Sounds, greetings, your name, feelings, thanks and goodbyes. Seven lessons, no signup.
Start lesson 1¿Eres shipibo? El curso es gratis para ti. Este es tu idioma — no nos pagas por estudiarlo. Escríbenos a info@thecommunitygarden.org.
If Shipibo is your language, the course is free. Write to us.
Modules 2–4
Describing the world · people and possession · verbs and real conversation. Sixteen more lessons, lifetime access.
See everything insideYour first ten phrases
Learn these and you will be greeted differently.
| Shipibo | English |
|---|---|
| Jakón yamékiri | Good morning |
| Jakón yantán | Good afternoon |
| Bekanwe! | Welcome — come in! (to several people) |
| Nokon jane riki… | My name is… |
| Jáwekeskarin mía? | How are you? |
| Éa ríki jakón | I am well |
| Irake | Thank you |
| Irake ichabires | Thank you very much |
| Kabanon | Goodbye (to one person) |
| Bobakanon | Goodbye (to a group) |
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Cohorts & tutoring
When enough students are waiting, we run live online cohorts with a Shipibo teacher. Private tutoring follows, and a certificate when you finish.
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