The shortest course on Duolingo is Navajo with only 11 skills. The Navajo Duolingo tree is the shortest Duolingo tree with only 28 lessons total. The maximum amount of crowns you can earn is 55 and there are only 143 lexemes to learn.
Some other courses that are relatively short (but not nearly as much!) are Esperanto, High Valyrian, and Turkish.
If you’re looking for an easy language to learn quickly on Duolingo, Esperanto, Navajo and Indonesian would be the ones that I would choose. They are short courses on Duolingo with easier grammar structures.
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A more popular language that is also quite short on Duolingo is Italian! Find out how many crowns and skills the Italian course has in this post.

Language Learning Must-Haves
- iTalki Language Classes: The #1 reason why I’ve been able to learn languages from home. Take conversation classes from a native speaker for only $5-$10 an hour.
- How to Be Fluent Books: Two of my favorite books about language learning have definitely got me super excited about learning a language and I highly recommend reading both!
- Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
- Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World
- A Language Planner: Keep track of your scheduled language classes, set language goals, and organize your study schedule with my favorite planner ever.
- Harry Potter in Your Target Language: Reading a beginner book that you’re familiar with is an incredible way to learn vocabulary quickly!
- The Perfect Language Notebook
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White Feather
Saturday 28th of November 2020
I’d love to learn Cherokee, a beginner’s course. I know a few words and phrases but not nearly enough. My great grmother was full blood. Thanks and happy Thanksgiving to all y’all!