Duolingo: Language Lessons

Learn a new language with the world’s most-downloaded education app! Duolingo is the fun, free app for learning 40+ languages through quick, bite-sized lessons. Practice speaking, reading, listening, and writing to build your vocabulary and grammar skills. Designed by language experts and loved by hundreds of millions of learners worldwide, Duolingo helps you prepare for real conversations in Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Italian, German, English, and more. And now, you can learn Math, Music, and Chess the Duolingo way! • Build real-world math skills – from calculating tips to identifying patterns – and sharpen your mental math in our Math course. • Learn how to read music and play familiar songs on your device in our Music course – no instrument required. • Master moves, level up your game, and play real matches in our brand new Chess course. Checkmate! Whether you're learning for travel, school, career, family and friends, or your brain health, you'll love learning with Duolingo. Why Duolingo? • Duolingo is fun and effective. Game-like lessons and fun characters keep you motivated to build solid skills across language, math, music, and chess. • Duolingo works. Designed by learning experts, Duolingo has a science-based teaching methodology proven to foster long-term knowledge retention. • Track your progress. Work toward your learning goals with playful rewards and achievements when you make practicing a daily habit! • Join 300+ million learners. Stay motivated with competitive Leaderboards as you learn alongside our global community. • Every course is free. Learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Esperanto, Polish, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Hebrew, Welsh, Arabic, Latin, Hawaiian, Scottish Gaelic, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, English, and even High Valyrian. And now, learn Math, Music, and Chess with our newest courses! What the world is saying about Duolingo: