Mango Languages

Jason Teshuba, Mike Teshuba, Ryan Whalen and Mike Goulas founded the service in 2007. Jason Teshuba serves as the CEO of Mango Languages.{{cite web|date=April 29, 2014|title=You are what you speak: Mango Languages|url=http://edwardlowe.org/rockstar/you-are-what-you-speak-mango-languages/|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}{{cite web|date=September 20, 2007|title=Mango offers language learning online|url=http://www.cnet.com/news/mango-offers-language-learning-online/|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}

As of April 2019, Mango Languages offers 71 language courses. Additionally, the service offers English lessons in 17 languages and specialty courses to teach cultural differences.{{cite web|last=McLaughlin|first=Pamela|date=July 27, 2015|title=Mango Languages- New Language Learning Tool Now Available|url=http://libnews.syr.edu/12629/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909210029/http://libnews.syr.edu/12629/|archive-date=September 9, 2015|access-date=January 18, 2016|publisher=Syracuse University Libraries}}

Mango Languages employs organic language acquisition and emphasizes learning grammatical principles through realistic conversations; features include interactive lessons, spaced repetition, reinforcement exercises, color-coded translations, video content, and Google Translate integration.{{Cite web |last=D |first=Stevie |date=2019-07-10 |title=Mango Languages Review: A Practical and Comprehensive Look at the Program |url=https://www.fluentu.com/blog/mango-languages-review/ |access-date=2021-11-13 |website=FluentU Language Learning |language=en-US}} Another feature allows users to record their pronunciation and compare a visual image of its waveform to that of a native speaker's.{{Cite journal|last=Henrichsen|first=Lynn E|date=October 17, 2020|title=An Illustrated Taxonomy of Online CAPT Resources|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0033688220954560|journal=RELC Journal|language=en|volume=52|issue=1|pages=179–188|doi=10.1177/0033688220954560| s2cid=228981180 |issn=0033-6882|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last=Bajorek|first=Joan Palmiter|date=May 2017|title=L2 Pronunciation in CALL: The Unrealized Potential of Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, Babbel, and Mango Languages|journal=Issues and Trends in Educational Technology|volume=5| issue=1 |pages=37}} Courses are accessible from a web browser or an app, and progress can be synced across devices.{{cite web|date=December 29, 2009|title=Libraries branch out with Mango language software|url=http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20091229/News/912290309|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}

In 2013, Mango Languages earned $7.9 million in revenue. In June 2019, Mango launched a new brand identity and released “major advancements to its platform,” including “new personalized, adaptive, conversation-based lessons in over 70 languages for web, iOS, and Android.”{{cite web|date=August 9, 2019|title=Mango Languages Sprouts a Sweet Relaunch|url=http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Mango-Languages-Sprouts-a-Sweet-Relaunch-133331.asp|access-date=October 8, 2019}} Mango Languages offers licenses for its software to libraries, schools and other institutions.

As of May 2024, Mango offered courses in the following languages:

As a novelty, Mango also offers a short course in "Pirate".

• List of language self-study programs

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• [https://www.mangolanguages.com/ Mango Languages Site]

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