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'''Mango Languages''' is an American online language-learning website and mobile app based in [[Farmington Hills, Michigan]] for academic institutions, libraries, corporations, government agencies, and individuals.<ref name=crains>{{cite web|url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140608/AWARDS07/140609865/mango-languages|title=Mango Languages Finalist: $5.1 million to $30 million|date=June 8, 2014|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name=libraryjournal>{{cite web|url=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/08/digital-resources/library-linguistics/#_|title=Library Linguistics|date=August 4, 2014|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}</ref> |
'''Mango Languages''' is an American online language-learning website and [[mobile app]] based in [[Farmington Hills, Michigan]], for academic institutions, libraries, corporations, government agencies, and individuals.<ref name=crains>{{cite web|url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140608/AWARDS07/140609865/mango-languages|title=Mango Languages Finalist: $5.1 million to $30 million|date=June 8, 2014|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name=libraryjournal>{{cite web|url=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/08/digital-resources/library-linguistics/#_|title=Library Linguistics|date=August 4, 2014|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Mango Languages Review |url=https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/mango-languages |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=PCMAG |language=en}}</ref> A Mango membership can be free at local libraries,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mango Languages |url=https://www.nypl.org/research/collections/articles-databases/mango-languages |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=The New York Public Library |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> through Mango for Libraries,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Libraries |url=https://mangolanguages.com/libraries/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Mango Languages |language=en-US}}</ref> or a membership costs $11.99 per month for one language or $19.99 per month for access to all 71 languages.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pricing |url=https://mangolanguages.com/pricing/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Mango Languages |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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Jason Teshuba, Mike Teshuba, Ryan Whalen and Mike Goulas founded the service in 2007.<ref name="crains" /> Jason Teshuba serves as the CEO of Mango Languages.<ref name="edwardlowe">{{cite web|date=April 29, 2014|title=You are what you speak: Mango Languages|url=http://edwardlowe.org/rockstar/you-are-what-you-speak-mango-languages/|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="cnet">{{cite web|date=September 20, 2007|title=Mango offers language learning online|url=http://www.cnet.com/news/mango-offers-language-learning-online/|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}</ref> |
Jason Teshuba, Mike Teshuba, Ryan Whalen and Mike Goulas founded the service in 2007.<ref name="crains" /> Jason Teshuba serves as the CEO of Mango Languages.<ref name="edwardlowe">{{cite web|date=April 29, 2014|title=You are what you speak: Mango Languages|url=http://edwardlowe.org/rockstar/you-are-what-you-speak-mango-languages/|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="cnet">{{cite web|date=September 20, 2007|title=Mango offers language learning online|url=http://www.cnet.com/news/mango-offers-language-learning-online/|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}</ref> |
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As of April 2019, Mango Languages offers 71 language courses. Additionally, the service offers English lessons in 17 languages and specialty courses to teach cultural differences.<ref>{{cite web|last=McLaughlin|first=Pamela|date=July 27, 2015|title=Mango Languages- New Language Learning Tool Now Available|url=http://libnews.syr.edu/12629/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909210029/http://libnews.syr.edu/12629/|archive-date=September 9, 2015|access-date=January 18, 2016|publisher=Syracuse University Libraries}}</ref> |
As of April 2019, Mango Languages offers 71 language courses. Additionally, the service offers English lessons in 17 languages and specialty courses to teach cultural differences.<ref>{{cite web|last=McLaughlin|first=Pamela|date=July 27, 2015|title=Mango Languages- New Language Learning Tool Now Available|url=http://libnews.syr.edu/12629/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909210029/http://libnews.syr.edu/12629/|archive-date=September 9, 2015|access-date=January 18, 2016|publisher=Syracuse University Libraries}}</ref> |
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Mango Languages employs organic language acquisition and emphasizes learning grammatical principles through realistic conversations; features include interactive lessons, spaced repetition, reinforcement exercises, color-coded translations, video content, and [[Google Translate]] integration<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=D|first=Stevie|date=2019-07-10|title=Mango Languages Review: A Practical and Comprehensive Look at the Program|url=https://www.fluentu.com/blog/mango-languages-review/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=FluentU Language Learning|language=en-US}}</ref> |
Mango Languages employs organic language acquisition and emphasizes learning grammatical principles through realistic conversations; features include interactive lessons, spaced repetition, reinforcement exercises, color-coded translations, video content, and [[Google Translate]] integration.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=D |first=Stevie |date=2019-07-10 |title=Mango Languages Review: A Practical and Comprehensive Look at the Program |url=https://www.fluentu.com/blog/mango-languages-review/ |access-date=2021-11-13 |website=FluentU Language Learning |language=en-US}}</ref> Another feature allows users to record their [[pronunciation]] and compare a visual image of its waveform to that of a native speaker's.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Henrichsen|first=Lynn E|date=October 17, 2020|title=An Illustrated Taxonomy of Online CAPT Resources|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0033688220954560|journal=RELC Journal|language=en|volume=52|issue=1|pages=179–188|doi=10.1177/0033688220954560| s2cid=228981180 |issn=0033-6882}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bajorek|first=Joan Palmiter|date=May 2017|title=L2 Pronunciation in CALL: The Unrealized Potential of Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, Babbel, and Mango Languages|journal=Issues and Trends in Educational Technology|volume=5| issue=1 |pages=37}}</ref> Courses are accessible from a web browser or an app, and progress can be synced across devices.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="capecodtimes">{{cite web|date=December 29, 2009|title=Libraries branch out with Mango language software|url=http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20091229/News/912290309|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}</ref> |
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and Mango Languages|journal=Issues and Trends in Educational Technology|volume=5, No 1|pages=37}}</ref> Courses are accessible from a web browser or an app, and progress can be synced across devices.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="capecodtimes">{{cite web|date=December 29, 2009|title=Libraries branch out with Mango language software|url=http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20091229/News/912290309|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}</ref> |
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In 2013, Mango Languages earned $7.9 million in revenue.<ref name="crains" /> In June 2019, Mango launched a new brand identity and released “major advancements to its platform,” including “new personalized, adaptive, conversation-based lessons in over 70 languages for web, iOS, and Android.”<ref name="InfoToday">{{cite web|date=August 9, 2019|title=Mango Languages Sprouts a Sweet Relaunch|url=http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Mango-Languages-Sprouts-a-Sweet-Relaunch-133331.asp|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref> Mango Languages offers licenses for its software to libraries, schools and other institutions. <ref name=":0" /> |
In 2013, Mango Languages earned $7.9 million in revenue.<ref name="crains" /> In June 2019, Mango launched a new brand identity and released “major advancements to its platform,” including “new personalized, adaptive, conversation-based lessons in over 70 languages for web, iOS, and Android.”<ref name="InfoToday">{{cite web|date=August 9, 2019|title=Mango Languages Sprouts a Sweet Relaunch|url=http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Mango-Languages-Sprouts-a-Sweet-Relaunch-133331.asp|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref> Mango Languages offers licenses for its software to libraries, schools and other institutions. <ref name=":0" /> |
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==Languages== |
==Languages== |
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As of May 2024, Mango offered courses in the following languages: |
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[[Modern Standard Arabic|Arabic: Modern Standard]]<br> |
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[[Egyptian Arabic|Arabic: Egyptian dialect]]<br> |
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[[Mesopotamian Arabic|Arabic: Iraqi dialect]]<br> |
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[[Levantine Arabic|Arabic: Levantine dialect]]<br> |
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[[Chaldean Neo-Aramaic|Aramaic: Chaldean]]<br> |
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[[Armenian language|Armenian]]<br> |
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[[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]<br> |
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[[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br> |
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[[Cherokee language|Cherokee]]<br> |
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[[Standard Chinese|Chinese: Mandarin]]<br> |
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[[Cantonese|Chinese: Cantonese]]<br> |
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[[Shanghainese|Chinese: Shanghainese]]<br> |
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[[Croatian language|Croatian]]<br> |
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[[Czech language|Czech]]<br> |
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[[Danish language|Danish]]<br> |
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[[Dari]]<br> |
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[[Dutch language|Dutch]]<br> |
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[[Dzongkha|Dzongkha (Bhutanese)]]<br> |
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[[Tagalog language|Filipino: Tagalog]]<br> |
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[[English language|English]]<br> |
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[[Early Modern English|English: Shakespearean]]<br> |
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[[Finnish language|Finnish]]<br> |
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[[French language|French]]<br> |
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[[Canadian French|French: Canadian]]<br> |
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[[German language|German]]<br> |
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[[Modern Greek|Greek: Modern]]<br> |
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[[Ancient Greek|Greek: Ancient]]<br> |
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[[Koine Greek|Greek: Koine (Biblical)]]<br> |
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[[Haitian Creole]]<br> |
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[[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]]<br> |
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[[Modern Hebrew|Hebrew: Modern]]<br> |
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[[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew: Biblical]]<br> |
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[[Hindi]]<br> |
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[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]<br> |
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[[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]<br> |
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[[Igbo language|Igbo]]<br> |
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[[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]<br> |
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[[Irish language|Irish]]<br> |
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[[Italian language|Italian]]<br> |
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[[Japanese language|Japanese]]<br> |
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[[Javanese language|Javanese]]<br> |
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[[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]<br> |
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[[Korean language|Korean]]<br> |
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[[Latin]]<br> |
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[[Malay language|Malay]]<br> |
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[[Malayalam]]<br> |
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[[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]<br> |
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[[Pashto]]<br> |
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[[Persian language|Persian]]<br> |
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[[Polish language|Polish]]<br> |
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[[Brazilian Portuguese|Portuguese: Brazilian]]<br> |
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[[Potawatomi language|Potawatomi]]<br> |
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[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]<br> |
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[[Romanian language|Romanian]]<br> |
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[[Russian language|Russian]]<br> |
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[[Scottish Gaelic]]<br> |
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[[Serbian language|Serbian]]<br> |
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[[Slovak language|Slovak]]<br> |
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[[Castilian Spanish|Spanish: Castilian]]<br> |
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[[Spanish language in the Americas|Spanish: Latin American]]<br> |
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[[Swahili language|Swahili]]<br> |
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[[Swedish language|Swedish]]<br> |
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[[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]<br> |
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[[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br> |
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[[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br> |
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[[Thai language|Thai]]<br> |
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[[Turkish language|Turkish]]<br> |
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[[Tuvan language|Tuvan]]<br> |
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[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]<br> |
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[[Urdu]]<br> |
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[[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]<br> |
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[[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]<br> |
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[[Yiddish]]<br> |
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As a novelty, Mango also offers a short course in [[International Talk Like a Pirate Day|"Pirate."]] |
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|+ Languages Offered for English Speakers<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mangolanguages.com/k12-and-higher-education-language-courses/ | title=K12 and Higher Education Language Courses }}</ref> |
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! Language !! Units !! Chapters !! Lessons !! Assessment & Placement !! Premium Course !! Classroom Guides !! Additional Listening & Reading Activities |
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| [[Egyptian Arabic|Arabic: Egyptian dialect]] || 1 || 10 || 85 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Mesopotamian Arabic|Arabic: Iraqi dialect]] || 4 || 20 || 97 || || || || |
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| [[Levantine Arabic|Arabic: Levantine dialect]] || 5 || 41 || 594 || Yes || Yes || || Yes |
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| [[Modern Standard Arabic|Arabic: Modern Standard]] || 3 || 15 || 78 || || || || |
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| Arabic - Arab Etiquette (MSA) || 1 || 1 || 8 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Armenian language|Armenian]] || 3 || 15 || 87 || || || || |
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| [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]] || 3 || 15 || 85 || || || || |
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| [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || 3 || 15 || 76 || || || || |
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| [[Chaldean Neo-Aramaic|Aramaic: Chaldean]] || 1 || 10 || 104 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Cherokee language|Cherokee]] || 1 || 2 || 11 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Cantonese|Chinese: Cantonese]] || 1 || 10 || 56 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Standard Chinese|Chinese: Mandarin]] || 5 || 41 || 595 || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes |
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| Mandarin - Business || 1 || 5 || 87 || || Yes || || |
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| Mandarin - Feng Shui || 1 || 1 || 7 || || Yes || || |
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| Mandarin - Zodiac Signs || 1 || 1 || 11 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Croatian language|Croatian]] || 3 || 15 || 83 || || || || |
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| [[Czech language|Czech]] || 3 || 15 || 93 || || || || |
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| [[Danish language|Danish]] || 3 || 15 || 83 || || || || |
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| [[Dari|Dari Persian]] || 1 || 2 || 13 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || 3 || 15 || 80 || || || || |
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| [[Dzongkha|Dzongkha (Bhutanese)]] || 1 || 2 || 13 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Persian language|Persian]] || 2 || 20 || 200 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Finnish language|Finnish]] || 3 || 15 || 76 || || || || |
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| [[French language|French]] || 5 || 41 || 567 || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes |
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| [[Canadian French|French: Canadian]] || 3 || 15 || 75 || || || || |
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| [[German language|German]] || 5 || 41 || 721 || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes |
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| [[Modern Greek|Greek: Modern]] || 2 || 20 || 189 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Ancient Greek|Greek: Ancient]] || 1 || 4 || 35 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Koine Greek|Greek: Koine (Biblical)]] || 1 || 4 || 47 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Haitian Creole]] || 3 || 15 || 75 || || || || |
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| [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] || 3 || 15 || 93 || || || || |
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| [[Modern Hebrew|Hebrew: Modern]] || 1 || 10 || 76 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew: Biblical]] || 1 || 4 || 51 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Hindi]] || 1 || 10 || 55 || Yes || Yes || || |
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| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] || 3 || 15 || 83 || || || || |
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| [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] || 3 || 15 || 75 || || || || |
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| [[Igbo language|Igbo]] || 3 || 15 || 95 || || || || |
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| [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] || 3 || 15 || 77 || || || || |
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| [[Irish language|Irish]] || 1 || 10 || 72 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Italian language|Italian]] || 5 || 41 || 566 || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes |
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || 5 || 41 || 638 || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes |
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| [[Javanese language|Javanese]] || 1 || 10 || 52 || || || || |
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| [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]] || 3 || 15 || 94 || || || || |
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| [[Korean language|Korean]] || 1 || 10 || 75 || Yes || Yes || || |
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| Korean - Academic Study || 1 || 16 || 129 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Latin]] || 1 || 10 || 74 || Yes || Yes || || |
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| [[Malay language|Malay]] || 3 || 15 || 89 || || || || |
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| [[Malayalam]] || 4 || 20 || 93 || || || || |
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || 3 || 15 || 77 || || || || |
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| [[Pashto]] || 1 || 2 || 12 || || Yes || || |
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| Pirate || 1 || 1 || 6 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || 1 || 10 || 141 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Potawatomi language|Potawatomi]] || 1 || 10 || 133 || Yes || Yes || || Yes |
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| [[Brazilian Portuguese|Portuguese: Brazilian]] || 5 || 41 || 552 || Yes || Yes || || Yes |
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| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || 3 || 15 || 93 || || || || |
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| [[Romanian language|Romanian]] || 3 || 15 || 84 || || || || |
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || 5 || 41 || 528 || Yes || Yes || || Yes |
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| [[Scottish Gaelic]] || 1 || 10 || 85 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || 3 || 15 || 80 || || || || |
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| [[Shanghainese|Chinese: Shanghainese]] || 1 || 2 || 14 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || 3 || 15 || 81 || || || || |
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| [[Castilian Spanish|Spanish: Castilian]] || 3 || 15 || 96 || || || || |
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| Spanish - Flamenco Dancing || 1 || 1 || 7 || || Yes || || |
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| Spanish - Soccer Celebration || 1 || 1 || 7 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Spanish language in the Americas|Spanish: Latin American]] || 5 || 41 || 682 || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes |
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| Spanish - Business || 1 || 5 || 45 || || Yes || || |
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| Spanish - Text Talk || 1 || 1 || 7 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Swahili language|Swahili]] || 3 || 15 || 84 || || || || |
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| [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || 3 || 15 || 74 || || || || |
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| [[Tagalog language|Filipino: Tagalog]] || 1 || 10 || 65 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || 3 || 15 || 91 || || || || |
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| [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || 3 || 15 || 90 || || || || |
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| [[Thai language|Thai]] || 1 || 10 || 66 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || 1 || 10 || 67 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Tuvan language|Tuvan]] || 1 || 1 || 8 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] || 3 || 15 || 84 || || || || |
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| [[Urdu]] || 1 || 10 || 69 || || Yes || || |
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| [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]] || 3 || 15 || 95 || || || || |
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || 1 || 10 || 70 || Yes || Yes || || |
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| [[Yiddish]] || 3 || 15 || 76 || || || || |
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As a novelty, Mango also offers a short course in [[International Talk Like a Pirate Day|"Pirate."]]<ref name=":1" /> |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of language self-study programs]] |
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*[https://www.mangolanguages.com/ Mango Languages |
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Latest revision as of 19:07, 27 September 2024
Founded | 2007 |
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Founder | Jason Teshuba, Mike Teshuba, Ryan Whalen and Mike Goulas |
Headquarters | Farmington Hills, Michigan |
Website | www |
Mango Languages is an American online language-learning website and mobile app based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, for academic institutions, libraries, corporations, government agencies, and individuals.[1][2][3] A Mango membership can be free at local libraries,[4][3] through Mango for Libraries,[5] or a membership costs $11.99 per month for one language or $19.99 per month for access to all 71 languages.[6]
History
[edit]Jason Teshuba, Mike Teshuba, Ryan Whalen and Mike Goulas founded the service in 2007.[1] Jason Teshuba serves as the CEO of Mango Languages.[7][8]
As of April 2019, Mango Languages offers 71 language courses. Additionally, the service offers English lessons in 17 languages and specialty courses to teach cultural differences.[9]
Mango Languages employs organic language acquisition and emphasizes learning grammatical principles through realistic conversations; features include interactive lessons, spaced repetition, reinforcement exercises, color-coded translations, video content, and Google Translate integration.[10] Another feature allows users to record their pronunciation and compare a visual image of its waveform to that of a native speaker's.[11][12] Courses are accessible from a web browser or an app, and progress can be synced across devices.[10][13]
In 2013, Mango Languages earned $7.9 million in revenue.[1] In June 2019, Mango launched a new brand identity and released “major advancements to its platform,” including “new personalized, adaptive, conversation-based lessons in over 70 languages for web, iOS, and Android.”[14] Mango Languages offers licenses for its software to libraries, schools and other institutions. [10]
Languages
[edit]As of May 2024, Mango offered courses in the following languages:
Language | Units | Chapters | Lessons | Assessment & Placement | Premium Course | Classroom Guides | Additional Listening & Reading Activities |
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Arabic: Egyptian dialect | 1 | 10 | 85 | Yes | |||
Arabic: Iraqi dialect | 4 | 20 | 97 | ||||
Arabic: Levantine dialect | 5 | 41 | 594 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Arabic: Modern Standard | 3 | 15 | 78 | ||||
Arabic - Arab Etiquette (MSA) | 1 | 1 | 8 | Yes | |||
Armenian | 3 | 15 | 87 | ||||
Azerbaijani | 3 | 15 | 85 | ||||
Bengali | 3 | 15 | 76 | ||||
Aramaic: Chaldean | 1 | 10 | 104 | Yes | |||
Cherokee | 1 | 2 | 11 | Yes | |||
Chinese: Cantonese | 1 | 10 | 56 | Yes | |||
Chinese: Mandarin | 5 | 41 | 595 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mandarin - Business | 1 | 5 | 87 | Yes | |||
Mandarin - Feng Shui | 1 | 1 | 7 | Yes | |||
Mandarin - Zodiac Signs | 1 | 1 | 11 | Yes | |||
Croatian | 3 | 15 | 83 | ||||
Czech | 3 | 15 | 93 | ||||
Danish | 3 | 15 | 83 | ||||
Dari Persian | 1 | 2 | 13 | Yes | |||
Dutch | 3 | 15 | 80 | ||||
Dzongkha (Bhutanese) | 1 | 2 | 13 | Yes | |||
Persian | 2 | 20 | 200 | Yes | |||
Finnish | 3 | 15 | 76 | ||||
French | 5 | 41 | 567 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
French: Canadian | 3 | 15 | 75 | ||||
German | 5 | 41 | 721 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Greek: Modern | 2 | 20 | 189 | Yes | |||
Greek: Ancient | 1 | 4 | 35 | Yes | |||
Greek: Koine (Biblical) | 1 | 4 | 47 | Yes | |||
Haitian Creole | 3 | 15 | 75 | ||||
Hawaiian | 3 | 15 | 93 | ||||
Hebrew: Modern | 1 | 10 | 76 | Yes | |||
Hebrew: Biblical | 1 | 4 | 51 | Yes | |||
Hindi | 1 | 10 | 55 | Yes | Yes | ||
Hungarian | 3 | 15 | 83 | ||||
Icelandic | 3 | 15 | 75 | ||||
Igbo | 3 | 15 | 95 | ||||
Indonesian | 3 | 15 | 77 | ||||
Irish | 1 | 10 | 72 | Yes | |||
Italian | 5 | 41 | 566 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Japanese | 5 | 41 | 638 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Javanese | 1 | 10 | 52 | ||||
Kazakh | 3 | 15 | 94 | ||||
Korean | 1 | 10 | 75 | Yes | Yes | ||
Korean - Academic Study | 1 | 16 | 129 | Yes | |||
Latin | 1 | 10 | 74 | Yes | Yes | ||
Malay | 3 | 15 | 89 | ||||
Malayalam | 4 | 20 | 93 | ||||
Norwegian | 3 | 15 | 77 | ||||
Pashto | 1 | 2 | 12 | Yes | |||
Pirate | 1 | 1 | 6 | Yes | |||
Polish | 1 | 10 | 141 | Yes | |||
Potawatomi | 1 | 10 | 133 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Portuguese: Brazilian | 5 | 41 | 552 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Punjabi | 3 | 15 | 93 | ||||
Romanian | 3 | 15 | 84 | ||||
Russian | 5 | 41 | 528 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Scottish Gaelic | 1 | 10 | 85 | Yes | |||
Serbian | 3 | 15 | 80 | ||||
Chinese: Shanghainese | 1 | 2 | 14 | Yes | |||
Slovak | 3 | 15 | 81 | ||||
Spanish: Castilian | 3 | 15 | 96 | ||||
Spanish - Flamenco Dancing | 1 | 1 | 7 | Yes | |||
Spanish - Soccer Celebration | 1 | 1 | 7 | Yes | |||
Spanish: Latin American | 5 | 41 | 682 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Spanish - Business | 1 | 5 | 45 | Yes | |||
Spanish - Text Talk | 1 | 1 | 7 | Yes | |||
Swahili | 3 | 15 | 84 | ||||
Swedish | 3 | 15 | 74 | ||||
Filipino: Tagalog | 1 | 10 | 65 | Yes | |||
Tamil | 3 | 15 | 91 | ||||
Telugu | 3 | 15 | 90 | ||||
Thai | 1 | 10 | 66 | Yes | |||
Turkish | 1 | 10 | 67 | Yes | |||
Tuvan | 1 | 1 | 8 | Yes | |||
Ukrainian | 3 | 15 | 84 | ||||
Urdu | 1 | 10 | 69 | Yes | |||
Uzbek | 3 | 15 | 95 | ||||
Vietnamese | 1 | 10 | 70 | Yes | Yes | ||
Yiddish | 3 | 15 | 76 |
As a novelty, Mango also offers a short course in "Pirate."[3]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ a b c D, Stevie (2019-07-10). "Mango Languages Review: A Practical and Comprehensive Look at the Program". FluentU Language Learning. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ Henrichsen, Lynn E (October 17, 2020). "An Illustrated Taxonomy of Online CAPT Resources". RELC Journal. 52 (1): 179–188. doi:10.1177/0033688220954560. ISSN 0033-6882. S2CID 228981180.
- ^ Bajorek, Joan Palmiter (May 2017). "L2 Pronunciation in CALL: The Unrealized Potential of Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, Babbel, and Mango Languages". Issues and Trends in Educational Technology. 5 (1): 37.
- ^ "Libraries branch out with Mango language software". December 29, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ^ "Mango Languages Sprouts a Sweet Relaunch". August 9, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ "K12 and Higher Education Language Courses".