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How long does it take to learn Mandarin? The US Foreign Service Institute puts it among the hardest languages for English speakers, at around 2,200 class hours to reach professional working proficiency.…
Few people get a genuinely inside look at how the Scandinavian languages relate to each other, but Rökkvi…
Adam Montgomery isn’t short on discipline. For nine years, he opened Duolingo and worked through his Mandarin lessons.…
How many languages can you actually learn at once, without one of them quietly falling apart while you…
The short answer The Foreign Service Institute estimates around 750 hours of guided study to reach professional working…
Jonathan Pilieci is not someone who gives up easily. For 3,800 consecutive days, more than ten years, he…
“If I’d learned English as quickly as you’re learning Polish,” commented one friend, “I would have had a…
