Dec 8, 2021
By: BI India BureauInfluenced by pop culture, more Indians between the age group of 17 to 25 are learning Korean.
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The 2021 edition of the Duolingo Language Report highlighted that Korean has comfortably established itself as the fifth most popular language to learn in the country.
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The report has attributed this ride to the release of popular series Squid Game, which is the most watched web series on Netflix.
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According to a survey conducted by Duolingo, over 56 percent of respondents said that they were influenced to learn a new language by pop culture trendsetters including movies, OTT shows and web series.
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English, Hindi, French and Spanish are the other top languages that Indians are currently learning on the Duolingo app.
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English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese are the most popular languages on Duolingo, globally.
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Duolingo is an American language-learning website and mobile app, which also offers a digital language proficiency assessment exam.
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Over 700 million hours were spent learning on the Duolingo app in 2021 with nearly 10 billion lessons completed and 15 billion words learned, the company has revealed.
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Respondents said that they were most comfortable learning a new language from mobile applications and video tutorials, Duolingo added.
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It also revealed that 25 million people worldwide were learning more than one language.
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