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Irish overtakes Spanish as the most learned language in the country in 2020

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

11:39 30 Dec 2020


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Irish has overtaken Spanish as the most learned language in Ireland this year.

A new report from the language learning app Duolingo has shown that 5.6 million subscribers signed up to learn Irish online this year.

36 percent of the learners are in the US, 23 percent in Ireland and 11 percent in the UK.

The figures make Irish the 16th most popular language for English speakers to learn around the world.


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