Mango Languages
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| Founded | 2007 |
|---|---|
| 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
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: Sureth | 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
References
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- ^ "Library Linguistics". August 4, 2014. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Mango Languages Review". PCMAG. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "Mango Languages". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "Libraries". Mango Languages. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Pricing". Mango Languages. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "You are what you speak: Mango Languages". April 29, 2014. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ^ "Mango offers language learning online". September 20, 2007. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ 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".