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| JokePro Groupie United States animalsites.com Joined 6403 days ago 58 posts - 60 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 1 of 16 18 May 2007 at 1:04pm | IP Logged |
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I have an African Grey Parrot that I'm teaching to speak several languages. Currently, she can say hello in the following 16 languages:
Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, Finnish, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Swahili. She can also count 1-3 in English, German, Japanese, and Spanish. Here is a link to her video. Parrot Speaks 16 Languages Edited by JokePro on 21 June 2007 at 8:11pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6771 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 2 of 16 18 May 2007 at 11:27pm | IP Logged |
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So do you teach your parrot the most common languages spoken among humans, or among other parrots? (That might explain the Hawaiian, come to think of it.)
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| GLF Groupie United States Joined 6439 days ago 73 posts - 71 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 3 of 16 19 May 2007 at 8:59am | IP Logged |
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That's really neat!
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| JokePro Groupie United States animalsites.com Joined 6403 days ago 58 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 4 of 16 19 May 2007 at 7:43pm | IP Logged |
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Captain Haddock
We taught her "aloha" because most English speakers know it. Basically we throw a whole bunch of words at her and just see what sticks. Some words she picks up quickly, while others seem to take forever. In a way, she chooses what languages she speaks based on her own personal likes and dislikes. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LilleOSC Senior Member United States lille.theoffside.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6694 days ago 545 posts - 546 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 5 of 16 20 May 2007 at 12:09am | IP Logged |
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Cool bird.
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| Cisa Super Polyglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6422 days ago 312 posts - 309 votes 2 sounds Speaks: Hungarian*, Slovak, FrenchC1, EnglishC2, Mandarin, SpanishB2, RussianB2, GermanB2, Korean, Czech, Latin Studies: Italian, Cantonese, Japanese, Portuguese, Polish, Hindi, Mongolian, Tibetan, Kazakh, Vietnamese, Modern Hebrew | Message 6 of 16 20 May 2007 at 3:26am | IP Logged |
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That´s funny... :-) Anway, glad to know there already polyglots among birds! :-P
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| 236factorial Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6543 days ago 192 posts - 213 votes Speaks: Mandarin, English*, French Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 16 20 May 2007 at 3:56pm | IP Logged |
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Very nice... she says them quite clearly too.
So she can say hello to almost anyone that comes to visit, but the problem is whether she will know what language to use. EDIT: apparently it's a "she" Edited by 236factorial on 20 May 2007 at 3:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| JokePro Groupie United States animalsites.com Joined 6403 days ago 58 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 8 of 16 20 May 2007 at 5:38pm | IP Logged |
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236factorial,
If you say hello to her, she will often respond back with hello. If you have a treat, she will almost always respond. We are teaching her to respond back in other languages, as well as responding to the language name. For example, telling her "count in Spanish" would result in her saying "uno, dos, tres." 1 person has voted this message useful |
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