Social Question
How many languages do you know at least one word in?
I have always been good with languages, I was raised speaking three at the same time, and later went on to learn more. I am now fluent in five and working on my sixth one.
I have always been proud of how many languages I know. However, recently I learned that there are some people, who have managed to become proficient it up to and over 120 different languages. The world record currently stands at 58 languages spoken fluently, held by a man called Ziad Fazah.
I know what you are thinking, “BULLSHIT!”, that is what I thought too. However, some of these people have been tested under controlled conditions, and did indeed manage to communicate with loads of people from different countries.
So, this question is how do you stack up?
How many languages do you know at least one word in?
As I am mainly interested in seeing what capacity people have for memorizing words, feel free to include dialects, internet speak, and fictional or dead languages too.
If I include Klingon, ancient Sumerian, the made up language from the movie “The Time Machine”, Latin, a couple of Spanish dialects, and the fact that I know what a ROFLCOPTER is, then I come in at 22.
How about you?