Woman Who Couldn’t Speaks For Two Months, Now Speaks With Four Foreign Accents
Emil Egan was born and raised in Essex, United Kingdom and speaks no foreign language, but hearing her speak you could swear she is a Russian immigrant or tourist, because of her Eastern European accent. But the funny thing is that she sometimes sounds French, Italian or even Polish, depending on how tire she is. […]
The Extraordinary Story of an Italian Peasant Who Taught Himself 100 Ancient Languages
86-year-old Riccardo Bertani is an exceptional man. Born to a family of farmers in Caprara, a small settlement in Reggio Emilia, Italy, he abandoned his study right after elementary school and dedicated his life to translating and documenting over 100 extinct and rare languages from all around the world. “It was castrating, I quit,” Bertani […]
This Exceptional 32-Year-Old Can Speak 56 Languages Fluently
It’s not unusual for youth nowadays to speak more than one language, but 32-year-old Muhamed Mešić is not your typical polyglot. He can communicate fluently in 56 different languages and claims to understand over 70 of them. Ever since he was a little boy growing up in Tuzla, an industrial city in the former Yugoslavia (currently in Bosnia […]
Say What? The Clicking Languages of South Africa
I had heard of African names with clicks before, like ǂXóõ, ǂHõã and !Kung, but I thought they were limited to just a few words. Now, after some research, I’ve realized that clicks are used quite extensively in many South African languages. If you’re having trouble understanding the click and its use, think of it […]
Online Language School Uses Hot Models to Help You Learn Mandarin
Let’s face it, for most of us learning Chinese really is a Herculean task, but SexyMandarin.com, an unconventional online school, tries to make things easier by using lingerie-clad models as teachers. China’s official language, Mandarin, or Putonghua, has around 900 million native speakers, and 1,4 billion speakers worldwide, and as China’s role in the global […]
Crazy English – To Learn the Language by Shouting Out
Crazy English is a non-traditional Chinese method of learning English, which encourages students to practice by shouting English words at organized rallies and even on top of buildings. According to Li Yang, the creator of this unusual learning program, Crazy English can best be described with the quote “To shout out loud, you learn”. He […]