Harper Collins once referred to Richard as “One of the most multilingual people from the United Kingdom”. Richard Simcott is perhaps not just known as a polyglot… but a hyperpolyglot! Richard is most famous for the incredible amount of languages he knows. Languages spoken: English (native), French, Spanish, Welsh, German, Macedonian, Swedish, Italian, Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Portuguese, Czech, Catalan, Russian, Dutch, Romanian, Albanian. Their advice will put fire in your belly - whether you’re learning your second, third, or eighth language. We’re going to learn more about some of the world’s most famous polyglots, and their motivational perspectives on language learning.Įach of the famous polyglots below are well-known by their peers as experts on language learning. Polyglots are certainly rare and interesting people: only about 3% of the world’s total population can speak four or more languages.Įven if you just want to learn English online or know a few words in another language, it might help to get advice from people who have done it multiple times over. If you speak more, you may be considered a polyglot. If you speak two languages you’re bilingual, if you speak three you’re trilingual. The term “polyglot” is often used to describe people who can speak more than three languages. What is a polyglot?Ī polyglot is someone who has a deep love for languages, and is able to speak, use, and understand several of them. Read on to learn more about these influential polyglots, and how any language learner can take action from their advice, methods, and motivational stories. At some point in their lives, they were bitten by the proverbial spider: a natural love for languages that made them want to learn more. These brilliant multilinguists have their own self-made origin stories - stories driven by innate curiosity. The gods who granted Wonder Woman her otherworldly powers.īut there are people among us today with almost superhuman language skills. The destruction of Superman’s home planet of Krypton. There was the spider that bit Peter Parker.
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