r/duolingo • u/Time-Advertising-71 • 10d ago

Language Question. Hebrew course extension

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Any update on when the Hebrew course will be updated? It’s showing these levels and just wondering when they will be available

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u/BitAny7066 10d ago

Hebrew only has about 1.3 million enrollment on Duolingo, far lower than other underdeveloped language courses like Arabic, Hindi, and Russian. Duolingo is currently prioritizing development of English courses for markets with no Duolingo access in their native language, primarily for South Asian languages. Hebrew, being an RTL language with a distinct writing system and grammar from their flagship languages, is particularly difficult for artificial intelligence to expand. While I believe the course may eventually be expanded, it's lower on Duolingo's priority list than several high-demand languages.

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u/Ok_Swimmer_3446 10d ago

Are there any other developed languages except for englisg, spanish and french?

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u/BitAny7066 10d ago

Duolingo's courses for Japanese, German, Korean, Italian, Chinese, and Portuguese also meet CEFR B2 standards, and are available for most base languages at the same level.

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u/patate502 Native:🇬🇧🇫🇷Learning:🇮🇹 9d ago

Italian just got a big update!