2006-06-08 03:26:27 · 7 answers · asked by majackalaas 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
My husband had a teacher who spoke dozens of languages. I don't know the exact number (and I don't think he does, either). He learned new languages very easily. Supposedly, when he died, the total number of languages spoken by all teachers together at his university dropped by 50%!
2006-06-08 10:50:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
10
2006-06-13 14:31:17 · answer #2 · answered by Flippy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Careful with this question for an accurate answer as people tend to exaggerate.
I for instance speak English with fluency, French & Spanish at a conversational level and have a very basic understanding of German so I say that I speak 3 languages.
I also understand the gist of Portuguese and some Italian due to their relationship with French & Spanish.
Other people also count dialects. For instance I speak Quebecois French and Parisienne French but I count them as 1 language.
2006-06-08 04:01:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that Pope John Paul II spoke 10 languages.
2006-06-08 06:19:45 · answer #4 · answered by tsg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once I heard, - don't know if its true or not - that a cardinal at the Vatican knew fluently 52 languages, without ever been out of Rome, and the most difficult language was Chinese to learn, it took him 6 months.
2006-06-08 03:34:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can speak 3
2006-06-08 03:34:51 · answer #6 · answered by MissUkraine2005Lover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
three for me and working on my fourth
2006-06-08 05:47:02 · answer #7 · answered by labadme 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋