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]

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

History

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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

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As of May 2024, Mango offered courses in the following languages:

Languages Offered for English Speakers[15]
Language Units Chapters Lessons Assessment & Placement Premium Course Classroom Guides Additional Listening & Reading Activities
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

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References

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  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. ^ a b c "Mango Languages Review". PCMAG. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  4. ^ "Mango Languages". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  5. ^ "Libraries". Mango Languages. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  6. ^ "Pricing". Mango Languages. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  7. ^ "You are what you speak: Mango Languages". April 29, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  8. ^ "Mango offers language learning online". September 20, 2007. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Libraries branch out with Mango language software". December 29, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  14. ^ "Mango Languages Sprouts a Sweet Relaunch". August 9, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  15. ^ "K12 and Higher Education Language Courses".
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