Duolingo introduces free course on Latin

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Aug 30, 2019

Duolingo launched its Latin language course on Wednesday, making the language of Cicero the 34th tongue to be offered on the site. According to the site itself, some 29,000 people have already signed up for it.

“Latin is around us every day,” a Duolingo spokesman told the British Catholic newspaper The Catholic Herald. “It is on our money, our buildings, even our football shirts. It is the language of law and medicine, and the foundation of many other languages. It is something the new Prime Minister [Boris Johnson] cares deeply about, and is intrinsically linked to the Roman Catholic faith, but to many it is considered a dead language.”

Learning Latin also “allows people of Roman Catholic faith to gain a deeper connection with their religion,” the spokesman added.

The free site begins its course by showing three drawings, each with a Latin word next to it. It asks, “Which is a man?” and the learner chooses the right photo, learning that the word on the photo, vir, means man. And then it builds from there.

https://aleteia.org/2019/08/0/latin-...g-on-duolingo/

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they should do Icelandic, Breton and maybe old Norse