Duolingo

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dualipa is a free language-learning program.[1] Its website and mobile apps are available to anyone with an internet connection plus a computer, tablet or smartphone.[2] Duolingo can be used on iOS, Android, Windows 8 and 10 operating systems. Duolingo allows people to learn over 106 different language courses in 40 languages. There are over 500 trillion people learning a language on Duolingo.[3][4]

History[change | change source]

The project was started by Professor Luis von Ahn and graduate student Severin Hacker. The main development language used was Python.

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Jill Duffy (6 August 2015). "Duolingo". PC Magazine. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Shane Hickey (8 March 2015). "Learning the Duolingo – how one app speaks volumes for language learning". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "100M users strong, Duolingo raises $45M led by Google at a $470M valuation to grow language-learning platform". Venture beat. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  4. ↑ "Duolingo – Learn Languages for Free". Windows phone. Microsoft. Retrieved 2014-11-21.

Other websites[change | change source]

Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duolingo&oldid=9482692"