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Guess what is the third most popular language taught at Yale?

Chart design: Jeanine Dunn. Illustration: Alex Eben Meyer.

Chart design: Jeanine Dunn. Illustration: Alex Eben Meyer.

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There are 46 languages taught in Yale College, and we thought we had a good idea what the most popular ones are. But then the Yale Daily News reported that the language with the third most course registrations last fall was American Sign Language, which has been offered for credit here since 2018. With 257 students enrolled, ASL ranked behind Spanish and Chinese and ahead of such traditional academic mainstays as French and German.


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