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   Matt Willemsen (mattotcha@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 20:52:39 JST Matt Willemsen

   Ranked: Duolingo’s Most Popular Languages in Every Country in 2024
   About half of the world’s population speaks at least two languages.
   Learning a second language is a valuable endeavor, improving cognitive function, social awareness, and providing more career opportunities.
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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 20:52:39 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     @mattotcha

     #Duolingo #Kanguages

     Interesting,

     ...the company from #Pittsburgh also operates in mainland #China,

     ...even in China's manufacturing backyard, the no. 1 language is English,

     ... Only (all) #Scandinavian countries seem to teach English well enough, so that Duolingo isn't #1.

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 19:52:51 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     @number6

     #Languages #Duolingo

     I agree.

     The same could be said about #Canada, but #French being the native language of some Provinces tips the scalesin favor of French.

     Regarding #Mandarin it might also be that even for native speakers it is a live-long endeavor.
     Who many languages do you know for which you need learn about 2.500 signs so that you can read an average newspaper?

     @mattotcha

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     Number6 :syncthing: (number6@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 19:52:52 JST Number6 :syncthing:

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     • HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

     @HistoPol @mattotcha

     It's a map of the tiny proportion of people that are actively trying to learn a new language.

     And it's aspirational -- people are learning the language of the places they want to long-term visit or live. So those Nordic people want to go somewhere *warm*.

     The #Netherlands certainly teaches English well -- 90% of the #Dutch are fluent. I suspect that if you could see language #2 it would also be Spanish.