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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National

Duolingo – now you’re talking our language

Luis von Ahn
Luis von Ahn, co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. Photograph: Max Herman/Demotix

Thank you for your article about the Duolingo app (Report, 9 March). Over the last few years we have seen a rising tide of xenophobia and increasing support for political parties inciting prejudice against foreigners and immigrants. What better way to counter this than to promote learning the language, and the associated culture, of the reviled other. Let us hope for a world where the tens of millions of Duolingo users become billions and there is even a course for us Welsh speakers and teachers.
Richard Morse (Welsh language tutor), Kathy Dobbin (Welsh learner)
Welsh for Duolingo Facebook Campaign

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