16-Year Old Can Speak 23 Languages
16-year old Timothy Doner of New York City started learning Hebrew to better understand Israeli rap music. Now he can speak 23 languages, including Hindi, Arabic, Latin, Swahili and Ojibwe. Doner uses the Internet to have conversations with people around the world and quickly absorbs new languages as he does so.
-via Slate (warning: auto-sound)
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Speaking a language does not imply idiomatic fluency in a language.
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Ojibwe is one native American language.
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He speaks native American. Which tribe speaks native American?
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As a native English speaker, I heartily approve of this proposal.
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maH DIchDaq Hoch ghoj jat vo' muSHa'.
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