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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> Courses are accessible from a web browser or an app.<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> 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>
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> Courses are accessible from a web browser or an app.<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> 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 and other academic institutions. <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bajorek|first=Joan Palmiter|date=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 No 1|pages=24-51}}</ref>


==Languages==
==Languages==

Revision as of 19:10, 10 November 2021

Mango Languages
Founded2007
FounderJason Teshuba, Mike Teshuba, Ryan Whalen and Mike Goulas
HeadquartersFarmington Hills, Michigan
Websitewww.mangolanguages.com

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]

History

Jason Teshuba, Mike Teshuba, Ryan Whalen and Mike Goulas founded the service in 2007.[1] Jason Teshuba serves as the CEO of Mango Languages.[3][4]

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.[5] Courses are accessible from a web browser or an app.[6] 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.”[7]

Mango Languages offers licenses for its software to libraries and other academic institutions. [8]

Languages

As of April 2020, Mango offered courses in the following languages:

As a novelty, Mango also offers a short course in "Pirate."

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mango Languages Finalist: $5.1 million to $30 million". June 8, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "Library Linguistics". August 4, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  3. ^ "You are what you speak: Mango Languages". April 29, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  4. ^ "Mango offers language learning online". September 20, 2007. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  5. ^ McLaughlin, Pamela (July 27, 2015). "Mango Languages- New Language Learning Tool Now Available". Syracuse University Libraries. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  6. ^ "Libraries branch out with Mango language software". December 29, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  7. ^ "Mango Languages Sprouts a Sweet Relaunch". August 9, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  8. ^ Bajorek, Joan Palmiter (2017). "L2 Pronunciation in CALL: The Unrealized Potential of Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, Babbel, and Mango Languages". Issues and Trends in Educational Technology. 5 No 1: 24–51. {{cite journal}}: line feed character in |title= at position 41 (help)