DEV Community: Ian Blas

Schola Interlingua: Free Software for Learning Interlingua IALA

Ian Blas — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:44:40 +0000

Schola Interlingua: Free Software for Learning Interlingua IALA

Schola Interlingua is a free, open-source platform for learning Interlingua IALA.

A practical place to learn

The platform is designed around an educational path that brings together lessons, readings, review tools, and progress tracking. Rather than treating learning as a single activity, Schola Interlingua supports a rhythm of studying, reading, reviewing, and returning to the material.

Its focus is Interlingua IALA: a language with transparent vocabulary and morphology that rewards attention to structure and usage.

Free software and accessible learning

Schola Interlingua is developed as open-source software. Its code is available through the Schola Interlingua GitHub organization, making the project available for examination, collaboration, and continued improvement.

The platform is available across devices, so learners can use the same educational materials and study tools in the settings that work for them.

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Ian Blas is a developer based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, building educational software for Mandarin Chinese, Interlingua IALA, etymology, morphology, writing systems, and open-source language learning.

Chety: Learning Chinese Characters Through Etymology and Morphology

Ian Blas — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:37:42 +0000

Chety: Learning Chinese Characters Through Etymology and Morphology

Chety is an educational app for learning Mandarin Chinese through the structure and history of Chinese characters.

What Chety brings together

Chety connects character etymology, morphology, and historical evolution with practical study tools:

character and word exploration
a word dictionary and pronunciation
flashcards for review
visual views of character evolution
an interactive reader for learning in context

The aim is to make the writing system more legible. A character can be studied as a form with components, historical development, pronunciation, and relationships to the words in which it appears.

Sources and learning

Chety is based on the work of Pedro Ceinos-Arcones. That foundation supports an approach in which learners can move between individual characters, vocabulary, and reading rather than treating them as isolated tasks.

The project belongs alongside my broader work on educational software for language structure, including Schola Interlingua, a free and open-source platform for Interlingua IALA.

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Building Educational Software for Mandarin Chinese and Interlingua IALA

Ian Blas — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:37:19 +0000

Building Educational Software for Mandarin Chinese and Interlingua IALA

Language-learning software is most useful when it makes structure visible. I’m Ian Blas, a developer based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and I build educational tools around Mandarin Chinese, Interlingua IALA, etymology, morphology, writing systems, and open-source language learning.

Two projects, one educational approach

My work currently takes two complementary forms.

Chety is an educational app for Mandarin Chinese. It approaches characters and words through their structure, etymology, morphology, historical development, and use in context.

Schola Interlingua is a free, open-source learning platform for Interlingua IALA. It brings together lessons, readings, review tools, and progress-oriented study on multiple platforms.

The languages are different, but the design question is similar: how can software help a learner notice the patterns that make a language readable and memorable?

Learning through structure

For Mandarin Chinese, a character is not only a unit to memorize. It can open a path into components, historical forms, pronunciation, word formation, and reading. That perspective guides Chety’s tools for exploring characters and vocabulary.

For Interlingua IALA, the focus shifts toward transparent vocabulary, reading, morphology, and sustained practice. Schola Interlingua is designed to make that learning path approachable without separating learners from the materials and tools that support it.

In both projects, the goal is practical: make language learning more legible. Etymology and morphology are useful when they give learners better ways to connect forms, meanings, and usage.

An open educational practice

I care about software that can be examined, shared, and improved. Schola Interlingua’s development is available through its GitHub repository, and my broader work can be found on GitHub.

I also write and share updates through Medium and Substack.

DEV Community: Ian Blas

Schola Interlingua: Free Software for Learning Interlingua IALA

Schola Interlingua: Free Software for Learning Interlingua IALA

A practical place to learn

Free software and accessible learning

Explore Schola Interlingua

Chety: Learning Chinese Characters Through Etymology and Morphology

Chety: Learning Chinese Characters Through Etymology and Morphology

What Chety brings together

Sources and learning

Find Chety

Building Educational Software for Mandarin Chinese and Interlingua IALA

Building Educational Software for Mandarin Chinese and Interlingua IALA

Two projects, one educational approach

Learning through structure

An open educational practice

Explore the projects