Our story

We built Haylingua so
Armenian isn't left behind.

A language spoken by millions across a worldwide diaspora, with almost nowhere good to learn it. This is why — and how — we're changing that.

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The Haylingua community, together with our owl mascot
How it started

It started as a school assignment

In October 2024, Armen's IB teacher — Lilit Hakobyan, who has taught Armenian across the IB Diploma Programme and several other institutions — set him a project: build something that could actually teach Armenian to the diaspora, to the people growing up without easy access to the language of their grandparents. A month later, the first version of Haylingua existed.

That prototype sat for over a year while Armen finished the rest of the IB Diploma. In January 2026, with the idea still nagging at him, he started rebuilding Haylingua from scratch — a real backend, a real curriculum, real lesson content — with Lilit shaping how the app actually teaches the language. Haylingua launched publicly in August 2026, and it's live today.

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Armenian letters taught from scratch
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What we believe

Why we do it this way

Armenian deserves better tools

Most language apps treat Armenian as an afterthought, if they teach it at all. We built Haylingua because a language spoken by millions across a global diaspora deserves the same care as any of the world's biggest languages.

Heritage, not just vocabulary

For a lot of our learners, this isn't a new hobby — it's reconnecting with a grandparent, a hometown, a part of themselves. We design every lesson with that weight in mind.

Built to actually stick

Streaks, hearts, instant feedback, mistake review — the same habit-forming mechanics that make other language apps work, tuned specifically for how Armenian sounds and reads.

A community, not just an app

Friends, leaderboards, and a growing group of learners going through the exact same alphabet-to-conversation journey together.

Milestones

The road so far

Oct 2024
The idea

Armen's IB teacher, Lilit Hakobyan, sets him a project: build something that could actually teach Armenian to the diaspora.

Nov 2024
First prototype

A month later, the first working version of Haylingua exists.

Sep 2025
Back to it

Armen finishes the rest of the IB Diploma — the prototype's been sitting for a year, but the idea never really left.

Jan 2026
The real build begins

Armen starts rebuilding Haylingua as a full product — real backend, real curriculum — with Lilit shaping how it teaches Armenian.

May 2026
Curriculum takes shape

The alphabet-to-conversation path comes together — every letter, every word, real audio on all of it.

Aug 2026
Public launch

Haylingua opens up to everyone.

Who's behind it

Meet the team

A student developer and the teacher who started it all — building Haylingua one lesson at a time.

Armen Ghazaryan
Armen Ghazaryan
Co-founder & Developer

An IB Diploma Programme graduate of Quantum College, Armen built the first version of Haylingua as a school project — and kept building once it was clear how badly diaspora Armenians needed it.

About Armen
Lilit Hakobyan
Lilit Hakobyan
Co-founder & Armenian Language Lead

An Armenian language teacher across the IB programme and several other institutions, Lilit is the one who set Haylingua in motion — and shapes how the app actually teaches the language.

About Lilit

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