Information is sparse, but I just ran across a fascinating study that shows that Hispanics in the United States who know only English make on average $7,000 less than Hispanics who can speak both English and Spanish.

A recent (very-unscientific online) poll shows that an astounding number of CEO’s speak more than one language  Here’s the breakdown:

• 36% speak only one language
• 31% speak two languages
• 20% speak three languages
• 9% speak four languages
• 4% speak more than four languages

So will you earn more money if you speak more than one language? Not necessarily, but more opportunities will be open to you. It’s up to you to seize these opportunities, and learning a language with Ingolingo can certainly be a part of that!

That’s the key, that’s what makes this site special. I’m not working on it because of some big payout or because I want to get rich off it – I’m working on it because it lets me be free. I love traveling, I love meeting new people and visiting different countries. I love discovering languages and cultures. I love maps and reading about other countries.

So when I was given the opportunity to work on software that involves researching and finding the best way to learn languages, when I know that a big part of this job involves spending time in Asia and other parts of the globe – I was intrigued. This was what I wanted to do, it matched who I was.

That’s why I work here on Ingolingo, and I want people who use Ingolingo to find something in this piece of software that also creates some of that freedom in them. Ingolingo is to be about the freedom to talk, freedom to express yourself, and most of all, the freedom to discover

This is the semi-official Sunday launch of our language learning software – Ingolingo. Ingolingo is based on the idea that it’s easy to remember words if you have some context around which to associate the words. If I were to simply tell you that Flasche means Bottle in German, you would probably forget very quickly. However, if I asked you to guess what the German translation of “bottle” is, and gave you clues to help you, you are more likely to remember it. That’s the ingolingo concept – we ask you to guess a word, then give you pictures that hint towards what the word is, actually making you think about the word, and remember it better.

This is just a modest minimum feature launch. Ingolingo is incredibly useful now (my Chinese is improving fast), but we have big plans for this tool.

Ingolingo is a tool we created because we need it. It’s a business that provides a service we need, and I think this is the best sort of business. Try it out and send us an email with your comments on how we can make this tool the best and simplest language learning tool on the planet.

Thanks guys!