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Adventures with an Extreme Polyglot: Excerpt from 'Babel No More'

Why would someone learn 20 or 50 languages? Michael Erard meets a hyperpolygot who doesn’t even want to speak the numerous languages he’s learning.

Michael Erard
Michael Erard
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Michael Erard

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