Learning Catalan with Duolingo?

From Duolingo sections to a level and an exam

Duolingo’s courses follow CEFR ([their own explanation](https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-score/)), but they do not name a ceiling for the Catalan course: the course list opens inside the app, and there is no statement about its level. Your current level is the Duolingo Score; their Score ↔ CEFR table is the first column ([the table](https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-score/)).

• As of September 27, 2026, the Catalan course on Duolingo runs from Spanish.checked against the primary source
  the Duolingo course page
• Certificats de català (DGPL) certifies levels A1–C2.checked against the primary source
  Direcció General de Política Lingüística, Generalitat de Catalunya · Checked September 27, 2026.
• Certificados CPNL certifies levels A1–C2.checked against the primary source
  Consorci per a la Normalització Lingüística · Checked September 27, 2026.
• Getting by on simple subjects usually takes 180–200 hours of study. That is a very rough estimate: it works out differently for different people.checked little
  Cambridge English, Guided learning hours · A guideline from the Cambridge exam board for level A2; up to B1 it is 350–400 hours. It is the board's estimate, not a research finding.
• To follow about 95% of ordinary conversation you need around 3,000 words. But 95% means one unknown word in twenty — not “I understand nearly everything”.checked many times
  Adolphs & Schmitt, 2003, Applied Linguistics 24(4) · Counted across two large collections of recorded speech: CANCODE (5 million words) and the BNC. Word families were counted, not each form separately.

How to switch without starting from lesson 1

Already learning Catalan on Duolingo? Do not start from the alphabet: the app asks you in the course's own words and lands you exactly where you belong. The level row below opens Catalan right away — the language is already chosen.

• A check of where to start. Three questions per band, two failed bands — and the check is over. It asks in the words of the course itself, not by self-assessment.
• Words can come along. Export your list from Duolingo as text or CSV — the course credits the matches and does not teach them again.
• Streak days transfer once. In your first week after switching, the streak starts at their count; after that only our days count, and rewards and leagues restart from zero.

Where Duolingo is stronger

Duolingo’s Catalan is built around the streak: short lessons, reminders, the daily loop — as a habit machine it works, and keeping going past the first month genuinely needs one. Our difference is elsewhere: grammar explained in plain words and a certificate path for people who need the document for life in Catalonia.

Our course: Catalan

3960 words by topic, a phrasebook with dialogues, grammar in plain words and texts to read — from the alphabet up to B1.

The hours to a level follow Cambridge's guide, the same one as the How long does Catalan take page: usually 180–200 hours of study to A2, 350–400 to B1.

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