From Wikipedia: Multilingualism is the act of using polyglotism.
What is polyglotism?
It said: Polyglotism is the ability to master numerous languages.
Richard Hudson, professor emeritus of linguistics at
University College London, coined the term "hyperpolyglot" for a
person who can speak twelve or more languages fluently. There are many
theories to explain the existence of polyglotism in some individuals, including
differences in intellect and brain structure.
It is difficult to judge which
individuals are polyglots, as there is no uncontroversial definition of what it
means to "master" a language. Nonetheless, many people have been
described as polyglots. This includes some cases of "polyglot
savants", people who show mental disability in some areas but unusually
high ability to learn or use languages.
The article still doesn’t calculate how many words a polyglot
savants knows, it just said: Savants are typically
individuals with serious mental disabilities.
The normal English speaker master 30,000 words, no one have
every counting how many words a polyglot savants have? For first, such
person rarely found and even the world exist one in in doubt. There are only
two possible. One is such person master words each language is 30,000. Twelve
languages would be 30,000x12=360,000 words altogether, roughly the 400,000
words as Churchill did and if he can live to 90, every day is roughly learnt 10
words. Another possible is he know each language with 30,000/12=2,500 words. In
either case, he is a monster, and no one can talk with him.
Think about what if someone who knows
all the 24 official language of European Union?
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