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ChiaBrain
Bilingual Diglot
Senior Member
United States
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Speaks: English*, Spanish*
Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French
Studies: German

 
 Message 10 of 13
25 December 2009 at 4:38am | IP Logged 
It happens to me with Spanish even though it was the first language I ever learned.


Edited by ChiaBrain on 25 December 2009 at 4:39am

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Astrophel
Tetraglot
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United States
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Speaks: English*, Latin, German, Spanish
Studies: Russian, Cantonese, Polish, Sanskrit, Cherokee

 
 Message 11 of 13
27 December 2009 at 11:06am | IP Logged 
It happens to me too. I call it "dusty not rusty" :)
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Maecenas23
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Ukraine
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Speaks: Ukrainian*, Russian, English
Studies: German

 
 Message 12 of 13
02 May 2012 at 11:52pm | IP Logged 
I think there are a lot of similarities between languages in one language family. If you know for example danish, German and English, when you speak/read one of them you automatically repeat another two. I know only four languages and I have just begun to study danish and the process goes fairly easy. I suggest that if you know 20 or 30 languages you can learn another similar languages very fast and moreover you will also improve and deepen your understanding of those that you already know.
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Ygangerg
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 Message 13 of 13
06 May 2012 at 10:09am | IP Logged 
Farley and administrator both write about using multiple—actually three or more—languages, yet deny being polyglot. I wonder how you define “polyglot”? Is it a state that begins at a certain knowledge or skill level, or a certain intensity of study? Or is your denial made out of modesty? I'm of the understanding that “bilingual” means having two native languages. The usefulness of its distinction from “polyglot” is that anyone willing to study multiple languages can be a polyglot. Right?

Anyhow, I do find neglected languages can spring back, especially after trying to speak with people for a period of time.


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