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Living Language

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Publishing company in the United States
Living Language
Parent companyRandom House
Founded1946
Country of originUnited States
Official websitewww.livinglanguage.com

Living Language, originally an imprint of Random House, LLC, was a foreign language self-study publisher. Living Language published a number of courses in languages such as French, German, Italian, Persian, Arabic, etc.

History

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Living Language was originally developed in 1946 by foreign language education experts to teach overseas-bound service personnel and diplomats. The Living Language imprint expanded its publishing program to include audio-only CD courses, online-based courses and comprehensive language learning kits for adults and children.

As of 2025[update], the imprint appears to no longer be publishing new material and its original website now redirects to an English learning website.

Languages offered

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Living Language offered 28 languages, including 27 oral and one sign language, that were: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dothraki, Dutch, English, Persian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese and American Sign Language.[1]

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