Polyglotism

Polyglot ( from the ancient Greek πολύγλωττος ( polyglottos ) for multi-lingual, which goes back his hand on πολυ ( poly) for much and γλῶττα ( glotta ) for tongue, language) is called a person who speaks many languages ​​(also multilingual, Multilingual ). It is not defined how many languages ​​you can speak as well, in order to be called a polyglot.

Epitome of a polyglot people are of English political economist, traveler and author Sir John Bowring, who knew more than 200 languages ​​and over 100 of them also spoke, as well as the Italian cardinal Mezzofanti who never left Italy, but mastered 38 languages ​​and 50 dialects spoken in different languages knew. A living polyglot is the Belgian architect Johan Vandewalle, the 22 survivors and nine dead languages ​​dominated (as of 1987).

Researchers led by Michael Chee from the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory in Singapore have found that people who learn a foreign language easily, use the designated as the insula region of their brains more intensively, because in this region unfamiliar sound patterns are unconsciously stored.