muleuel/amharic-kids

An interactive, Squla-style Amharic learning platform for kids — Fidel alphabet, numbers, and vocabulary games with stars and badges. # Fidel Friends 🎉 An interactive, Squla-style Amharic learning platform for kids. Kids pick a playful profile and play through bite-sized games to learn the **Fidel** (Ge'ez alphabet), **numbers**, **vocabulary words**, and **conversations**, earning stars and badges along the way. ## Features - **No-login kid profiles** — pick an avatar and a name, no passwords. - **Fidel (alphabet)** — 32 lessons covering the full 7-order Amharic syllabary (224 characters), one family per lesson. - **Numbers** — counting 1–10 and tens up to a hundred, in Ge'ez numerals. - **Words** — vocabulary across animals, colors, family, food, and body parts, with emoji + English hints. - **Conversations** — scripted dialogues (Family, Education, Time & Calendar, Greetings) between two recurring characters, read line by line, followed by comprehension questions — a step up for kids ready for full sentences. - **Pronunciation** — tap-to-hear audio via the browser's built-in Web Speech API (needs an Amharic voice installed on the device). - **Abugida Chant** — the traditional 33-row diagonal recitation of the Fidel, computed from the alphabet data. - **Dictionary & Translate** — bidirectional Amharic/English search plus a full 11,000+ word English-Amharic dictionary (see Data sources below). - **Stars & badges** — 0–3 stars per lesson based on score, with collectible badges (Fidel Master, Number Ninja, Word Wizard, Conversation Champ, Superstar...). - **Sequential lesson unlocking** to guide kids through the content in order. ## Tech stack - Next.js (App Router) + React + TypeScript - Tailwind CSS v4 - Prisma + SQLite (via `@prisma/adapter-better-sqlite3`) — zero-config local database, no server to run ## Getting started ```bash npm install npm run db:push # create the local SQLite database npm run db:seed # load the Fidel/numbers/words/dialogue content and badges npm run dev ``` Open localhost. ## Data sources - `prisma/dictionary-data.json` (11,621 English-headword …