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Duolingo Now Helps You Learn Japanese

May 19, 2017May 19, 2017Rudy Deighton Delta Media

Duolingo has been helping people learn languages since 2011, mostly for free, with a premium offering called Duolingo Plus for the most devoted multi-linguists. However, Duolingo doesn’t offer courses in every language, much to the frustration of budding polyglots everywhere. According to Duolingo, Japanese has been the most requested language to date. Unfortunately, Japanese is […]

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