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Speak from the heart.
Vivid mnemonics that make vocabulary stick — paired with tools to understand yourself and communicate with empathy. 20 languages. 30+ free tools.
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Three-move practice loop
Recognition, production, reflection. Small enough to start; complete enough to count.
Why a giraffe?
Marshall Rosenberg chose the giraffe as the symbol for Nonviolent Communication (NVC) — because the giraffe has the largest heart of any land animal. NVC is a language of empathy: observing without judgment, naming feelings, identifying needs, and making requests rather than demands.
This app pairs language learning with the tools to help you understand yourself and speak with compassion — in any language.
Rooted in evidence-based frameworks
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Life & NVC (Giraffe Language) — 20 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 0M speakers worldwide.
Mandarin Chinese (普通话) — 40 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 1120M speakers worldwide.
Hindi (हिन्दी) — 515 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 602M speakers worldwide.
Spanish (Español) — 107 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 559M speakers worldwide.
Arabic (العربية) — 40 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 420M speakers worldwide.
Bengali (বাংলা) — 20 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 268M speakers worldwide.
Portuguese (Português) — 20 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 258M speakers worldwide.
Russian (Русский) — 40 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 258M speakers worldwide.
Japanese (日本語) — 889 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 125M speakers worldwide.
Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) — 20 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 113M speakers worldwide.
Korean (한국어) — 20 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 82M speakers worldwide.
Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) — 20 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 97M speakers worldwide.
French (Français) — 107 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 310M speakers worldwide.
German (Deutsch) — 40 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 132M speakers worldwide.
Urdu (اردو) — 20 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 231M speakers worldwide.
Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) — 20 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 199M speakers worldwide.
Romanian (Română) — 40 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 24M speakers worldwide.
System Design (System Design) — 20 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 0M speakers worldwide.
REBT (Rational Thinking) — 100 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 0M speakers worldwide.
Emotional Mastery (Emotional Mastery) — 25 words with vivid sound-hook mnemonics. 0M speakers worldwide.
Beyond vocabulary
Sacred vocabulary from the Lotus Sutra and Theravāda tradition — Hindi and Japanese together.
20 vivid mnemonics for distributed systems: CAP theorem, consistent hashing, circuit breakers, and more.
25 cards for navigating overwhelm, anxiety and burnout — Window of Tolerance, polyvagal theory, somatic awareness, self-compassion.
20 flash cards: spot the irrational 'must' on the front, get the rational reframe on the back. Albert Ellis's classic toolkit.
20 cards on Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication: observations, feelings, needs, empathic requests — the language this whole app is named after.