Zari

Zari is one of the Duolingo main characters who can be found in lessons, stories and other events. She is a teenage girl that wears a coral pink head scarf/hijab, a blue shirt, long coral-pink pants, coral pink shoes, and a grin as a default expression instead of a smile.

Character and Lore

(Bits of information about Zari's character and lore are scrambled across dozens of Stories, videos and Social media posts. If you know something that doesn't appear here, contribute and document here!) Zari's diary is pink, with her name on it, as seen in "The Diary".

Zari's favorite color is pink, as seen in "I say thank you." Additionally, Her entire design alludes to the same color.
She loves cats, as stated in "I say thank you"
She loves challenges, as seen in "My Horse is Stupid". reading, as seen in "1482 may 29".
She has psittacusphobia (fear of parrots), as seen in "Pirate World".
She has arachnophobia (fear of spiders), as seen in "Nature Hike"
Her favorite animals are baby animals, as seen in her profile.
Her favorite books are "The History of Unicorns and Teenage Vampires in Love Volumes 1 & 2". It was said that she didn't return the books and always wants to keep borrowing things, causing Lily's library card to be suspended, as seen in "Late Fees."
When Zari is younger, as seen in Duolingo ABC, she wears a light blue hoodie covering most of her hair, the rest of her older appearance is the same.
It's confirmed that Zari lives with her unnamed parents and brother as seen in "Thanks, Mom."
Zari's love for lollipops has been known to extend to her younger years. In Duolingo ABC, the story "The Giganto-Pop" shows her trying to eat an entire giant lollipop that's even bigger than her own size. It is entirely possible that she still has this lollipop, as shown in Duolingo's path system.
- However, since she was a child when she acquired the Giganto-Pop, it would be unsanitary for her to still eat the same lollipop after a couple of years. It could be possible that she has a new Giganto-Pop.

From other media

Zari's New Year's Resolution for 2021 was to save eating ice cream till after dinner.
Zari's favorite food includes pineapple pizza, hamburgers, coffee, ice cream, lollipops, raspberries, chocolate and salad.
Zari attends the same school as Lily and Miguel, which is further confirmed in "The new student". Oscar is their art teacher.
Zari was confirmed to be Muslim when the Duolingo team used her to celebrate Muslim Women's Day.
Zari's name is generally used as a girl's name of Persian origin and means "golden" and "brocaded silk".
Zari likes the Korean musical band BTS.
She likes playing video games, lollipops and is learning Karate, as seen in the new path system.
She is 16-17 years old.
Her favorite Japanese martial arts is karate.
She drives as seen on Duolingo's comics "Duolingo Unleashed".