Post AVh5VoD49WQvgpgfQm by TimPhon@lingo.lol
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 (DIR) Post #AVghzi7IyMXSa3iZVY by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-05-15T18:48:39Z
       
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       Duolingo reports that for the first time ever, Russian is not in the top 10 languages people are learning on its site. The company says the drop in interest is directly tied to Russia's attack on Ukraine.They've also seen an increase in the number of people studying Ukrainian.https://blog.duolingo.com/2023-top-10-languages/#LanguageIsPolitical
       
 (DIR) Post #AVgvF0V0D1GdL8QUue by wrog@mastodon.murkworks.net
       2023-05-15T21:17:04Z
       
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       @grammargirl I am reminded of my mother in college ~1942 at the point of having to choose a major, having originally decided on French and being told, now that France had been conquered by the Nazis, that the French language was basically doomed.... and thus she was persuaded to switch to Spanish.(suffice it to say these things don't always go the way one would expect...)
       
 (DIR) Post #AVh5VoD49WQvgpgfQm by TimPhon@lingo.lol
       2023-05-15T23:12:09Z
       
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       @grammargirl I have personally contributed to both sides of that trend (I started doing Russian, then switched to Ukrainian). And part of my motivation was exactly what they're reporting. #LearnUkrainian