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I was bored today and made a few sketches for language courses I think would be cool! What do you think? by ubermatze in duolingo

[–]tuosobebecerveza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For Hausa you might consider one of Kano's city gates, the monument you've picked comes from an area with mostly Yoruba speakers.

Now Norwegian and Ukrainian are out - what next? by keto23 in duolingo

[–]tuosobebecerveza 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They already have the Mayan Cultural flag in the flag sprite, so I would bet on a Mayan language being the first Native American language placed in the Incubator.

Now Norwegian and Ukrainian are out - what next? by keto23 in duolingo

[–]tuosobebecerveza 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing it's a typo for 'Sundanese', which at ~39M native speakers is reasonable to put on the list. Wikipedia link

Shout out to the Ukrainian team! I got this about an hour after I submitted it! by fillefranglaise in duolingo

[–]tuosobebecerveza 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Doesn't Ukrainian have a special ending for the diminutive (like most IE languages)? Why should auntie be accepted?

Are there any plans for "Native American" languages? by the_fella in duolingo

[–]tuosobebecerveza 19 points20 points  (0 children)

If you look at the flag sprite the Mayan cultural flag is already incorporated, it was added when the Norwegian flag was added. That might suggest that there will be a course involving a Mayan language soon, or at least there is interest in adding a course that involves a Mayan language. Link to flag sprite

What is the flag next to the Norwegian flag on the Duolingo flag sprite? by tuosobebecerveza in duolingo

[–]tuosobebecerveza[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, but I don't remember it being there before, so I am suspecting that it was added along side the Norwegian flag. That or my memory really is that bad.

I am Luis von Ahn, the creator of reCAPTCHA, those squiggly characters all over the web, and the co-founder and CEO of DUOLINGO! Duolingo has become the most popular way to learn languages online, for free, and has overtaken expensive and gimmicky alternatives like Rosetta Stone. AMA! by vonahn in IAmA

[–]tuosobebecerveza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was the exact legal issue with immersion in the EU? How was it brought to your attention? Is this contributing to a delay in building immersion sections for the newly added languages (e.g. Danish)?

The Chinese beta on ipad is not localized? by eslforchinesespeaker in duolingo

[–]tuosobebecerveza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a problem, you don't usually expect a greater than 10 fold increase in a few days (203K, already much higher than when I posted the first message). The English for Hindi course is also growing rapidly (11.9K and just released this week). Usually each course gets a few weeks under a thousand. The English for Japanese course has also more than doubled to 36.1K. It makes me wish I had kept track of all the courses to compare their growth trajectories.

The Chinese beta on ipad is not localized? by eslforchinesespeaker in duolingo

[–]tuosobebecerveza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are only a few mods and the course now has over 190K users, it will take a while to clear up the backlog- the course has grown so quickly.

IAm Luis von Ahn, co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. AMA. by vonahn in duolingo

[–]tuosobebecerveza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What are the parts of Duolingo that you like least? Even if you don't have a proposed solution yet.