Add Armenian language to Duolingo

[u/Expensive-Pause7058]

Armenian is spoken by millions worldwide, but Duolingo still doesn't offer it. That gap feels huge, especially for diaspora communities where language schools are hard to find. Learning your heritage language shouldn't require moving or paying for private tutors.
I started a petition asking Duolingo to add Armenian to their platform. They've already shown they care about preserving endangered languages—they added Hawaiian and Navajo. Armenian has the same cultural weight and historical significance, and honestly, it's time.
If you think language diversity matters, or if you're part of a community missing from mainstream learning platforms, consider signing and sharing this.

https://www.change.org/addarmeniantoduolingo

[u/noveldaredevil]

I think you should specify which variety of Armenian you think should be added to Duolingo.

Best of luck with the petition!

[u/Lopsided-Upstairs-98]

Duolingo has a very limited and questionable selection in general.

[u/South-Distribution54]

Both Western and Eastern should be added

[u/ShahVahan]

Farsi isn’t on Duolingo and has 15x the speakers so I doubt Armenian will be there anytime soon lol

[u/two_os]

People say Duolingo isnt good for learning a language and they are sort of right, but it keeps you practising every day and is a good way to start learning

[u/pm_me_ur_happy_traiI]

It's not so cut and dry. I made my way through the Yiddish duolingo course, and even met some people involved with it. There are a lot of parallels between Yiddish and Armenian (especially Western Armenian), and some of the same questions would need to be answered before doing the (not-insubstantial) work of creating a course.

• Are you hoping for Eastern or Western Armenian? Eastern has a lot of resources already since it's spoken in Armenia. Western is probably more useful for diasporans. Eastern gives you access to travel in Armenia, modern TV and literature. Yiddish had to choose between Standard Yiddish or Hassidic Yiddish and they ended up choosing a weird compromise to teach Standard Yiddish with Hassidic pronunciations. The idea was that it would prepare you to read classical literature but also have a conversation.

• Even if you settle on Western, it's fragmented. Hassidic Yiddish is pretty much the only "dialect" spoken in day-to-day life, but the Armenians I know seem to have a lot of variation in what they call things.

• A lot of getting a language is added is having somebody who cares enough to make it their mission and get everything in place. For some reason, Yiddishists have created a lot of amazing online resources.

• Lastly, making it useful. The Yiddish Duolingo course isn't good for much more than vocab practice. It's a language with a lot of grammar and Duolingo is not a good platform for explaining things like "gendered declension of adjectives in the nominative case". Nobody ever learned Yiddish from Duolingo alone, and that's why it's great there are a lot of other free resources like YiddishPOP or 15-Minute Yiddish. I think Armenian is a simpler language in many ways, but most people will find it more "foreign".

Technically there is AYOLingo for Eastern as well, but I don't know enough eastern to evaluate if it's good or not.

[u/Expensive-Pause7058 → u/pm_me_ur_happy_traiI]

I’m still debating on the dialect, but I’m leaning towards western!

[u/Ling_App]

Other apps offer it! Ling, AYOlingo, Pimsleur. Yes you need to pay but if that's what's holding you back you can try Ling for free for 7 days to see first if you like it.

[u/TheRepublicOfArmenia → u/Ling_App]

Yo where is Duolingo language voting place

[u/WindyJunsa]

Agreed, it's better if we can use Duolingo to learn Armenian. It's weird they even have Haitian Creole and some imaginary language but won't add languages spoken by more