Most requested first. Class hours are the U.S. Foreign Service Institute estimate of the study an
English speaker needs for professional proficiency.
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FSI Category IV: about 2,200 class hours for an English speaker
What adding it takes
- Word splitting: written Chinese does not put a space between every word, so the reader has to find where each word starts before it can translate the one you tap.
- Checking translations and word lookups in Chinese, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Chinese How long to learn Chinese
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FSI Category IV: about 2,200 class hours for an English speaker
What adding it takes
- Word splitting: written Japanese does not put a space between every word, so the reader has to find where each word starts before it can translate the one you tap.
- Checking translations and word lookups in Japanese, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Japanese How long to learn Japanese
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FSI Category IV: about 2,200 class hours for an English speaker
What adding it takes
- Word splitting: written Korean does not put a space between every word, so the reader has to find where each word starts before it can translate the one you tap.
- Checking translations and word lookups in Korean, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Korean How long to learn Korean
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FSI Category IV: about 2,200 class hours for an English speaker
What adding it takes
- A right-to-left reader: Arabic runs right to left, so the page, the word highlighting and the translation under each sentence have to be mirrored.
- Checking translations and word lookups in Arabic, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Arabic How long to learn Arabic
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FSI Category III: about 1,100 class hours for an English speaker
What adding it takes
- A right-to-left reader: Hebrew runs right to left, so the page, the word highlighting and the translation under each sentence have to be mirrored.
- Checking translations and word lookups in Hebrew, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Hebrew How long to learn Hebrew
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FSI Category III: about 1,100 class hours for an English speaker
What adding it takes
- Checking translations and word lookups in Hindi, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Hindi How long to learn Hindi
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FSI Category III: about 1,100 class hours for an English speaker
What adding it takes
- A right-to-left reader: Persian runs right to left, so the page, the word highlighting and the translation under each sentence have to be mirrored.
- Checking translations and word lookups in Persian, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Persian How long to learn Persian
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FSI Category III: about 1,100 class hours for an English speaker
What adding it takes
- Word splitting: written Thai does not put a space between every word, so the reader has to find where each word starts before it can translate the one you tap.
- Checking translations and word lookups in Thai, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Thai How long to learn Thai
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Not on the FSI difficulty list
What adding it takes
- Checking translations and word lookups in Assamese, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Assamese
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FSI Category III: about 1,100 class hours for an English speaker
What adding it takes
- Checking translations and word lookups in Bengali, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Bengali
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FSI Category III: about 1,100 class hours for an English speaker
What adding it takes
- Word splitting: written Burmese does not put a space between every word, so the reader has to find where each word starts before it can translate the one you tap.
- Checking translations and word lookups in Burmese, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Burmese
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Not on the FSI difficulty list
What adding it takes
- Checking translations and word lookups in Gujarati, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Gujarati
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Not on the FSI difficulty list
What adding it takes
- Checking translations and word lookups in Kannada, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Kannada
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FSI Category III: about 1,100 class hours for an English speaker
What adding it takes
- Word splitting: written Khmer does not put a space between every word, so the reader has to find where each word starts before it can translate the one you tap.
- Checking translations and word lookups in Khmer, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Khmer
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Not on the FSI difficulty list
What adding it takes
- Checking translations and word lookups in Malayalam, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Malayalam
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Not on the FSI difficulty list
What adding it takes
- Checking translations and word lookups in Marathi, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Marathi
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FSI Category III: about 1,100 class hours for an English speaker
What adding it takes
- Checking translations and word lookups in Nepali, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Nepali
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Not on the FSI difficulty list
What adding it takes
- A right-to-left reader: Pashto runs right to left, so the page, the word highlighting and the translation under each sentence have to be mirrored.
- Checking translations and word lookups in Pashto, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Pashto
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Not on the FSI difficulty list
What adding it takes
- Checking translations and word lookups in Punjabi, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Punjabi
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Not on the FSI difficulty list
What adding it takes
- Checking translations and word lookups in Sinhala, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Sinhala
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Not on the FSI difficulty list
What adding it takes
- Checking translations and word lookups in Tamil, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Tamil
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Not on the FSI difficulty list
What adding it takes
- Checking translations and word lookups in Telugu, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Telugu
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FSI Category III: about 1,100 class hours for an English speaker
What adding it takes
- A right-to-left reader: Urdu runs right to left, so the page, the word highlighting and the translation under each sentence have to be mirrored.
- Checking translations and word lookups in Urdu, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Urdu
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Not on the FSI difficulty list
What adding it takes
- A right-to-left reader: Uyghur runs right to left, so the page, the word highlighting and the translation under each sentence have to be mirrored.
- A voice: we have no Uyghur voice yet, so books would have no audio.
- Checking translations and word lookups in Uyghur, and a first shelf of books to read.
Ask for Uyghur
Why some languages take longer to add
Lingo7 translates the word you tap, highlights its match in the translation and reads the
text aloud. All of that assumes the app knows where each word starts and ends. Japanese,
Chinese, Thai, Burmese and Khmer do not put spaces between words, and Korean puts them
between phrases, so these languages need a word splitter first.
Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Pashto, Urdu and Uyghur are written right to left, which means mirroring the page, the word
highlighting and the translation under each sentence. Uyghur also has no voice for audio
yet. The other languages on the list need no changes to the reader, only the
usual checks of translations, dictionaries and audio.
Frequently asked questions
When will Lingo7 support Japanese, Korean or Chinese?
There is no date yet. These three are first in line because readers ask for them most, and all three need one piece of work the current languages do not: splitting text into words where written words are not separated by spaces. Leave your email and we will write to you once, when your language is ready.
Why is my language not in Lingo7 yet?
Every language needs reliable translations, word lookups, audio and books to read. Some also need changes to the reader itself: languages written without a space between words need word splitting, and Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Pashto, Urdu and Uyghur need a right-to-left layout.
What happens to my email?
It is stored only to tell you when the language you asked for launches. We send one email then and nothing else, and delete the address whenever you ask at support@lingoseven.com.
Can I ask for a language that is not on this list?
Yes. Choose "Other language" in the form and type its name. Those votes count too.