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Old September 12, 2013, 11:39 AM
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Polyglot speaks in 16 languages

Because we have some different languages here, I think it's quite interesting what your opinion is about this polyglot speaking in so many languages. German was error-free, how about the others? Anyone here who can tell?

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Old September 12, 2013, 12:17 PM
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16 languages, WOW!

His German is great, only one pronunciation flaw. His Albanian isn't bad but not good either and Serbian is a bit worse.
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Old September 12, 2013, 12:36 PM
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OK. I think it's still great what he achieved. Maybe he was learning the languages at the time, don't know.
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Old September 12, 2013, 01:30 PM
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Well, you have to be aware if the guy is really functional in all those languages, How about fluency? etc.
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Old September 12, 2013, 02:02 PM
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LOL! This guy is fascinating! I'm a Dutch native and his Dutch sounds pretty good, I have to admit! His pronunciation is not perfect, but it's quite close and I can easily understand what he said.

The only thing is...he says a lot of the same types of phrases in all the languages, so it could just be that he memorized a limited amount of information and translated that into many different languages. It doesn't mean that he's fluent in all 16 of them, which I find very hard to believe. I don't think there are enough hours in a day to really be fluent in 16 languages!

Still pretty impressive though!
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Old September 13, 2013, 02:05 AM
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Right. I never said he's fluent in every language he speaks.

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Some may be similiar but some aren't. He's telling quite different thing also I admit he may have learnt them before ut I watched other videos with him.
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Old September 13, 2013, 06:46 AM
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Right. I never said he's fluent in every language he speaks.

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Some may be similiar but some aren't. He's telling quite different thing also I admit he may have learnt them before ut I watched other videos with him.
I wasn't implying you said such thing. Just pointing out that, to me, a polyglot has to be fluent in all of the languages.
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Old September 13, 2013, 09:08 AM
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For me (s)he have not to be fluent. They could be learning a language. And what's more important than our specific meaning about how someone should speaking:
2 = bilingual
3 = trilingual
4 or more = polyglot

Means: Even he isn't fluent in 15 languages (of 20 he is speaking in the video), maybe he is in five and that's making a polyglot.
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Old October 16, 2013, 03:00 PM
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Su español es espectacular, a veces aspira un poco como los argentinos, pero en general tiene un acento español (España) más que notable.
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