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| solarmom Newbie United States edufire.com Joined 5847 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Turkish | Message 1 of 11 11 May 2008 at 9:56pm | IP Logged |
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I have seen this word a lot recently since getting into these language sites. What is a Polyglot?
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| Quinn Senior Member United States Joined 6124 days ago 134 posts - 186 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, Italian, Spanish | Message 2 of 11 11 May 2008 at 10:42pm | IP Logged |
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Someone who speaks several languages.
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| teddine Bilingual Diglot Newbie Germany Joined 5843 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: German*, Bulgarian* Studies: Russian | Message 3 of 11 17 May 2008 at 3:23pm | IP Logged |
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Hi, but how many languages? Three, five, ten... When are you a polyglot?
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6710 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 11 17 May 2008 at 3:42pm | IP Logged |
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While three seems to be the absolute minimum, there is no set rule what defines a "polyglot" as for number of languages or even the level attained.
How about checking the other active threads on the topic (in this very forum)? http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/search.asp?KW=pol yglot&SM=1&SI=TC&FM=11&OB=1&Submit=Start+Search Edited by jeff_lindqvist on 17 May 2008 at 3:43pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Globox Diglot Newbie Netherlands Joined 5829 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC1 Studies: German, Spanish, French | Message 5 of 11 26 May 2008 at 9:14am | IP Logged |
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I read somewhere a polyglot is someone who speaks six languages with reasonable fluency.
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| TheElvenLord Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5881 days ago 915 posts - 927 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Cornish, English* Studies: Spanish, French, German Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 6 of 11 26 May 2008 at 12:07pm | IP Logged |
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I don't believe I will EVER call myself a Polyglot.
Mainly because it is so ambiguous. I will call myself Multi-lingual. If you can "speak" more than 1 language you are "Multi-lingual". When I say Speak, i mean completly and utterly fluent. TEL 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6569 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 7 of 11 27 May 2008 at 8:30am | IP Logged |
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The difference there, though, is that a polyglot has unambiguously learned several languages, while a multilingual is sometimes considered someone with two or more native languages.
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| Sunja Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5886 days ago 2020 posts - 2295 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 8 of 11 27 May 2008 at 12:14pm | IP Logged |
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What about someone who grew up learning one language and moved to another country. Would the second language be considered a native language if the person started learning it at say, 12?
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