JW Language
Free
2.7.7for iPhone, iPad and more
9.7
453 Ratings
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
Developer
43.6 MB
Size
Dec 6, 2022
Update Date
#170
in Reference
4+
Age Rating
Age Rating
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About JW Language
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
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
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.7.7
Last updated on Dec 6, 2022
Old Versions
• Improved iOS 16 compatibility
• Bug fixes
• Bug fixes
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Version History
2.7.7
Dec 6, 2022
• Improved iOS 16 compatibility
• Bug fixes
• Bug fixes
2.7.6
Apr 21, 2022
• Improved iOS 15 compatibility
• Bug fixes
• Bug fixes
2.7.5
Jun 9, 2021
• Bug Fixes
2.7.4
Feb 11, 2021
• Bug Fixes
2.7.3
Jan 13, 2021
Improved support for right-to-left languages
2.7.2
Oct 26, 2020
• Improved iOS 14 compatibility
• Bug fixes
• Bug fixes
2.7.1
Dec 31, 2019
• Bug Fixes
2.7
Dec 12, 2019
• New Languages: Kurdish Kurmanji, Nahuatl (Central), Polish, Romanian, Somali, Tamil, Ukrainian
• Minimum iOS version is now iOS 12
• Improved support for iOS 13
• Added support for dark mode
• All text sizes are now adjusted to use the device text size in the Settings app
• Bug fixes
• Minimum iOS version is now iOS 12
• Improved support for iOS 13
• Added support for dark mode
• All text sizes are now adjusted to use the device text size in the Settings app
• Bug fixes
2.6.2
Nov 6, 2018
• Bug fixes for iOS 12
• Improved support for iPhone X models
• Improved support for iPhone X models
2.6.1
Aug 19, 2017
• Search results now include Grammar content and categories
• Bug Fixes
• Bug Fixes
2.6
Aug 11, 2017
• Search results now include Grammar content and categories
• Bug Fixes
• Bug Fixes
2.5.2
Jun 4, 2017
Bug Fixes
2.5.1
May 16, 2017
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
• Various bug fixes in 2.5.1
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 the following languages: Bengali, Chinese Cantonese (Traditional), Chinese Mandarin (Simplified), English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Myanmar, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
• 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
• Various bug fixes in 2.5.1
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 the following languages: Bengali, Chinese Cantonese (Traditional), Chinese Mandarin (Simplified), English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Myanmar, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
2.5
May 1, 2017
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 the following languages: Bengali, Chinese Cantonese (Traditional), Chinese Mandarin (Simplified), English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Myanmar, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
• 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 the following languages: Bengali, Chinese Cantonese (Traditional), Chinese Mandarin (Simplified), English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Myanmar, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
2.4.1
Mar 9, 2017
What's new in 2.4.1:
• Bug Fixes
What's new in 2.4:
PICTURES
• Learn useful vocabulary with pictures
• Tap on any object in a scene to see and hear its translation
ACTIVITIES
• Play three new learning games in any category or collection. Words that you get wrong are displayed more often.
• LOOK - Choose the translation of what you see
• LISTEN - Choose the translation of what you hear
• MATCH - Select matching pairs
Improvements to Activities
• Flashcard rating has been simplified
• Audio Lesson setting enhancements
HOME
• Receive encouragement to learn new words with featured content and activities
• Access recently viewed categories
• Bug Fixes
What's new in 2.4:
PICTURES
• Learn useful vocabulary with pictures
• Tap on any object in a scene to see and hear its translation
ACTIVITIES
• Play three new learning games in any category or collection. Words that you get wrong are displayed more often.
• LOOK - Choose the translation of what you see
• LISTEN - Choose the translation of what you hear
• MATCH - Select matching pairs
Improvements to Activities
• Flashcard rating has been simplified
• Audio Lesson setting enhancements
HOME
• Receive encouragement to learn new words with featured content and activities
• Access recently viewed categories
2.4
Mar 2, 2017
PICTURES
• Learn useful vocabulary with pictures
• Tap on any object in a scene to see and hear its translation
ACTIVITIES
• Play three new learning games in any category or collection. Words that you get wrong are displayed more often.
• LOOK - Choose the translation of what you see
• LISTEN - Choose the translation of what you hear
• MATCH - Select matching pairs
Improvements to Activities
• Flashcard rating has been simplified
• Audio Lesson setting enhancements
HOME
• Receive encouragement to learn new words with featured content and activities
• Access recently viewed categories
• Learn useful vocabulary with pictures
• Tap on any object in a scene to see and hear its translation
ACTIVITIES
• Play three new learning games in any category or collection. Words that you get wrong are displayed more often.
• LOOK - Choose the translation of what you see
• LISTEN - Choose the translation of what you hear
• MATCH - Select matching pairs
Improvements to Activities
• Flashcard rating has been simplified
• Audio Lesson setting enhancements
HOME
• Receive encouragement to learn new words with featured content and activities
• Access recently viewed categories
2.3.2
Sep 27, 2016
Please Note: This is the last version that will support iOS 7. Future updates will require iOS 8 or higher.
What's New in 2.3.2:
• Bug fix for iOS 7
What's New in 2.2 & 2.3:
• Back up and restore your collections
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements
What's New in 2.3.2:
• Bug fix for iOS 7
What's New in 2.2 & 2.3:
• Back up and restore your collections
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements
2.3.1
Sep 13, 2016
What's New in 2.3.1:
• Bug fixes & improvements
What's New in 2.2 & 2.3:
• Back up and restore your collections
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements
• Bug fixes & improvements
What's New in 2.2 & 2.3:
• Back up and restore your collections
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements
2.3
Sep 7, 2016
What's New in 2.3:
• Back up and restore your collections
What's New in 2.2:
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements
• Back up and restore your collections
What's New in 2.2:
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements
2.2.1
Aug 22, 2016
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements
What's New in 2.2.1:
• Bug fixes
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements
What's New in 2.2.1:
• Bug fixes
2.2
Aug 12, 2016
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements and bug fixes
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements and bug fixes
2.1.1
Dec 16, 2015
What's new in 2.1.1:
• Fixed crashing that occurred in some situations
What's new in 2.1:
• Search Enhancements
- Play phrases from search results
- Suggestions as you type
- Improved support for certain languages
- Search for category titles
- Recent search history
- Words found are highlighted
• Play/Pause Enhancements
- Pause button appears while a phrase is playing
- Tapping anywhere else on a phrase will restart audio from beginning
• Support for iOS9 Split Screen
• Fixed crashing that occurred in some situations
What's new in 2.1:
• Search Enhancements
- Play phrases from search results
- Suggestions as you type
- Improved support for certain languages
- Search for category titles
- Recent search history
- Words found are highlighted
• Play/Pause Enhancements
- Pause button appears while a phrase is playing
- Tapping anywhere else on a phrase will restart audio from beginning
• Support for iOS9 Split Screen
2.1
Dec 9, 2015
• Search Enhancements
- Play phrases from search results
- Suggestions as you type
- Improved support for certain languages
- Search for category titles
- Recent search history
- Words found are highlighted
• Play/Pause Enhancements
- Pause button appears while a phrase is playing
- Tapping anywhere else on a phrase will restart audio from beginning
• Support for iOS9 Split Screen
- Play phrases from search results
- Suggestions as you type
- Improved support for certain languages
- Search for category titles
- Recent search history
- Words found are highlighted
• Play/Pause Enhancements
- Pause button appears while a phrase is playing
- Tapping anywhere else on a phrase will restart audio from beginning
• Support for iOS9 Split Screen
2.0.1
Aug 24, 2015
• Fixed bug that was cutting off romanized text in certain languages
• Native iOS swipe from edge navigation
• Fixed a number of other minor issues
• Native iOS swipe from edge navigation
• Fixed a number of other minor issues
2.0.0
Aug 6, 2015
• Collections (formerly ‘Favorites’): Organize favorite items into multiple collections. Rearrange the order of items in each collection. Review each collection as flashcards or an audio lesson.
• Enhanced flashcards: Rate the difficulty of each flashcard as you review it. Filter flashcards based on their difficulty levels. Choose whether to play audio whenever a flashcard is viewed.
• Audio Lessons: Listen to all the items in a collection in sequence. Customize the order in which source and target language audio is played in each lesson.
• Audio Speed Control: Slow down audio clips to a fraction of their original speed.
• Hide/Unhide Romanization (for languages with non-Latin scripts): Hide or reveal romanized text with a single control.
• Simplified audio playback: Hear the audio of any entry simply by tapping on its text. Hold down an entry to see other options.
• Enhanced flashcards: Rate the difficulty of each flashcard as you review it. Filter flashcards based on their difficulty levels. Choose whether to play audio whenever a flashcard is viewed.
• Audio Lessons: Listen to all the items in a collection in sequence. Customize the order in which source and target language audio is played in each lesson.
• Audio Speed Control: Slow down audio clips to a fraction of their original speed.
• Hide/Unhide Romanization (for languages with non-Latin scripts): Hide or reveal romanized text with a single control.
• Simplified audio playback: Hear the audio of any entry simply by tapping on its text. Hold down an entry to see other options.
JW Language FAQ
Click here to learn how to download JW Language in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of JW Language.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.2 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.2 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.2 or later.
JW Language supports English
