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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6721 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 1 of 2 16 August 2007 at 5:41pm | IP Logged |
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A man at work spoke about a certain H. S. Nyberg whom I'd never heard of, so I had to check him up.
According to Wikipedia (Swedish only) Henrik Samuel Nyberg (1889-1974) spoke 28 (!) languages (including his native Swedish) - he was said to have a very good command of German, French, English and Egyptian Arabic; was able to write, read and speak Spanish, Italian, Russian, Polish Lithuanian and Finnish; read and write Latin, Greek, Hebrew and classical Arabic perfectly; read and write Arameic, Syrian and Ethiopian; Persian, Middle Persian, Mandeic, Armenian, Georgian, Turkish and Sanskrit; understand Kurdish, Balochi, Urdu and Bengali. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ChristopherB Triglot Senior Member New Zealand Joined 6128 days ago 851 posts - 1074 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, German, French | Message 2 of 2 17 August 2007 at 10:23pm | IP Logged |
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If that's true, then I find it all the more amazing considerng the possible lack of resources and certainly technology at that time. Same goes for guys like William Jones and Mezzofanti.
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