Tiffin's mango mascot smiling with open arms
Chai, the Hindi mascot
Dada Dhokla, the Gujarati mascot
Rosie Rasgulla, the Bengali mascot

Learn your family's language, through its food

The Indian languages every app forgets — Telugu, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi & more — taught through the food, festivals and cricket of home.

For the diaspora kids who understand more than they can say. 💛

7+languages, hand-built
100founding spots
0other apps that bother

"You understand it… but you can't quite speak it."

You grew up hearing it at home. You catch what your grandparents say — but you freeze when it's your turn. The big apps only teach Hindi, and badly. Nothing teaches your language. Tiffin is built for exactly this: strong ears, shy tongue, deep roots.

Why Tiffin

Not another generic course. A way back to who you are.

We start where heritage learners actually are — and make every lesson taste like home.

Food is the teacher

Every region has a mascot dish that guides you through its language and culture — one flavour at a time.

Read the script, finally

Built for heritage learners. We meet you at speaking, then walk you gently into the writing.

Festivals & traditions

Learn through Diwali, Pongal, Onam, Durga Puja and Baisakhi — language that carries meaning.

The Spice XI

Our mascots play cricket. Learn a phrase every over. Yes, it's as fun as it sounds.

See it in action

Try a real lesson, right now.

No sign-up, no download. Tap through a live Tiffin lesson and feel how heritage learning should work.

  • Bite-sized lessons rooted in real dishes
  • Hear native pronunciation, repeat, get it right
  • Script and speaking, side by side
Pick your roots

Choose your language

Each one has a mascot, a region, and a whole world. Tap yours to start the list.

Don't see yours? Pick the closest and vote — your vote helps decide what we build next.

Be first when your language launches

Tell us which language you want and we'll let you know the moment it's ready — and you'll help us decide what to build first.

⭐ Limited to the first 100

Become a Founding Member

Back Tiffin before launch, lock in lifetime access, and help shape the first courses.

$39 lifetime $120/yr later
  • Lifetime access — every language, every course, forever
  • Vote on which languages and lessons we build first
  • Your name in the app as a founding member
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