This Man Comfortably Speaks 23 Languages in 10 Minutes

Today I’m chatting with @Wouter Corduwener, a Dutch guy who has conversational ability in 20 to 30 languages. There’s nothing fake here – he’s dedicated his life to getting really good at multiple languages and is a true hyperpolyglot. Now he’ll be the first to admit that he isn’t fluent in all of these languages, but he does have a genuine basic conversational ability in at least 23 languages and more advanced conversational ability (or fluency) in at least 6 languages. He’s a really impressive guy and I hope you enjoy our conversation!

Here’s a list, in order, of the languages he speaks in our interview: English, Mandarin, Italian, Portuguese, French, Thai, German, Korean, Tagalog, Hiligaynon, Dutch, Afrikaans, Spanish, Catalan, Vietnamese, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Jamaican Creole, Buryat, Japanese, and Greek. He also speaks Ukrainian, Hindi, Arabic, Farsi, Indonesian, Hebrew, and Turkish but forgot to speak those here.

0:00 Intro
1:20 Chinese
2:10 Italian
2:59 Portuguese
3:12 French
3:33 Thai
4:05 German
4:52 Korean
5:11 Tagalog
6:01 Hiligaynon
6:29 Dutch
6:39 Afrikaans
7:00 Spanish
8:15 Catalan
8:36 Vietnamese
8:51 Russian
10:01 Swedish
10:32 Danish
11:08 Jamaican Creole
11:44 Buryat
12:03 Japanese
12:21 Greek
12:55 How much time did it take him to learn these languages?
16:08 What is his language learning routine?
18:11 How does he study?
19:12 Is this his full time job?
24:04 Wouter discusses the language learning community

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