How Yani is made
Where Yani's phrases and recordings come from, who checks them, and how the songs and guides are made.
By Matin, founder of Yani Updated
Where the phrases come from
Most phrases are real recordings from a public-domain Emirati course. We cut them into single phrases at normal and slow speed, spell each one in Easy Latin, and check it against published research on how Emiratis speak. A phrase that uses another dialect's words is held back.
Every source, with its licence, is on our credits page.
Who checks them
- A phrase without a real recording reaches your lessons only once an Emirati reviewer approves it. Phrases we wrote ourselves need two.
- Anything that sounds off can be flagged from the phrase itself, and a reviewer looks at it.
- Guides that teach you what to say are read by an Emirati reviewer before they go up.
The voices you hear
Real recordings, wherever we have them. Where a form hasn't been recorded yet, often the one for a woman or a group, an AI voice reads it, and your lessons label it.
The songs
We write each song's words in Emirati Arabic, with the Easy Latin and the English. The music and vocals are made with Suno, an AI music tool. Sing along in the car or on a walk.
The guides
Matin, who started Yani, writes and edits the guides with help from writing tools, including AI. Every phrase a guide teaches comes from the phrasebook, with its recording.
