Once you've learned one programming language or programming tool, it's pretty easy to get into another similar one. Sometimes, though, the fine differences are hard to remember. Hyperpolyglot is an ...

Born in Malaysia, Xin Yi Lim was raised in a family where English, Malay, Mandarin and Cantonese were all spoken regularly – but that was merely a jumping off point for her multilingual talents. The ...

Vaughn Smith, a carpet cleaner who grew up in the D.C. area, can speak 24 languages well enough to carry on complex conversations.

Prosper Oluwafunmibi Babalola is a 400-level student of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ibadan. She is a hyperpolyglot, culture enthusiast, writer, and entrepreneur. She is popularly called ...

Some people speak several languages — lots of people, actually. But imagine understanding 15 or 30. That’s rare company, and Erard finds such people irresistible. He explores the world of ...

Richard Simcott is a hyperpolyglot, meaning he has a gift for learning new languages. Read: How to learn 30 languages Read: The cult of the hyperpolyglot Read: Could the dominance of English harm ...

"Hyperpolyglot" refers to those extraordinary linguists who can speak at least six (or by some definitions, 11) or more languages. Michael Erard's engaging new book, Babel No More: The Search for the ...

Richard Simcott speaks dozens of languages. He has studied around 50 but speaks only 5 at home and 25/35 socially or for work reasons. We met him ahead of the Melbourne Language Event.