The languages app says it will continue supporting Welsh despite pausing updates to its course.
Duolingo will stop updating its Welsh course as it channels resources into languages that are more popular with its usersThe boss of a language learning app which is pausing its Welsh course hopes to still help with promoting the language.It comes despite the company saying in 2020 the language was the fastest growing in the UK.
"We have not take this step with respect to any of our other paused courses, and while we cant make any commitments at this stage, it is nevertheless my sincere hope that we can find a way to continue to help preserve and grow the treasure that is the Welsh language," he wrote.He added the decision to pause developing the course "was not an easy one" but that they faced "significant challenges" to updating it to the standard they would have liked.
"Given the outpouring of support over the past week for our course, we've reached out to the Welsh government to understand how Duolingo can continue to support Cymraeg 2050."
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