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Duolingo dropped Welsh in 2023. Here are the 6 best alternatives that actually work — SSiW, blas., Dysgu Cymraeg, Glossika, Clozemaster, and more.
April 1, 2026
You don't need to live in Wales to learn Welsh. Tools, communities, and a practical plan for diaspora learners in England, Patagonia, and worldwide.
March 8, 2026
Practical tables for spoken Welsh: periphrastic present, imperfect past, future, and conditional, plus the preterite, gwneud construction, commands, and common irregular verbs.
March 8, 2026
You don't need to live in Ireland to learn Irish. Tools, communities, and a practical plan for Irish Americans, Australians, Canadians, and diaspora learners.
March 6, 2026
Learn the core spoken forms of bod in the present, imperfect past, future, and conditional, with practical tables for statements, questions, and negatives.
March 6, 2026
Complete Irish conjugation tables for every tense: present, past, future, conditional, and habitual past. All 11 irregular verbs, with verbal nouns.
March 6, 2026
Welsh spelling is almost perfectly phonetic. Learn the 28-letter alphabet, ll and dd sounds, digraphs, and the penultimate stress rule.
March 6, 2026
Irish spelling isn't random. Broad vs slender consonants, the caol le caol rule, lenited sounds, and vowel pronunciation. Once you see the system, it clicks.
March 6, 2026
Where to start, what to learn first, the best tools, and realistic timelines. A practical roadmap for adult learners, from zero to confident speaker.
February 26, 2026
Where to start, what to learn first, the best tools, and realistic timelines. A practical roadmap for adult learners, from zero to confident speaker.
February 26, 2026
Welsh looks intimidating but it's more regular than English. What's actually hard, what's surprisingly easy, and realistic timelines for learners.
February 26, 2026
The FSI says 1,100 hours, but how long to actually hold a conversation? Realistic A1 to B2 timelines, what slows you down, and how to cut months off.
February 26, 2026
A practical roadmap for Welsh grammar. Bod (to be), soft mutation, word order, gender, and plurals in the order that actually matters.
February 25, 2026
A source-linked comparison of major Welsh learning options: SSiW, blas., Dysgu Cymraeg, Glossika, and Duolingo's frozen course, with pros, cons, access, and learning focus.
February 25, 2026
A practical roadmap for Irish grammar: VSO word order, tá vs is, séimhiú, urú, and prepositional pronouns, in the order that actually matters.
February 20, 2026
A source-linked comparison of major Irish learning apps: Duolingo, Pimsleur, Drops, Anki, blas., and more, with pros, cons, access, and grammar coverage.
February 19, 2026
Duolingo won't teach you grammar rules, mutation patterns, or how to read Irish. Here's where most learners plateau and what to use next.
February 18, 2026
Duolingo mothballed Welsh in 2023, stranding 675,000 learners. The course is frozen and full of errors. Here's what actually works now.
February 15, 2026
The three Welsh mutations explained: treiglad meddal (soft), trwynol (nasal), and llaes (aspirate). Every trigger rule, full tables, and clear examples.
February 13, 2026
How Irish initial mutations work: when to use séimhiú (lenition) vs urú (eclipsis), which numbers and words trigger each, and how to pronounce them.
February 13, 2026