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Emil Krebs, German polyglot (died 1930)

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Emil Krebs

German hyperpolyglot and sinologist

Emil Krebs was a German polyglot and sinologist. He was reportedly able to speak and write 68 languages and studied 120 other languages.
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Multilingualism

Use of multiple languages

Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. When the languages are just two, it is usually called bilingualism. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's…
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