This Man Comfortably Speaks 23 Languages in 10 Minutes

Today I’m chatting with @WouterCorduwener, a Dutch guy who has conversational ability in 20 to 30 languages. There’s nothing fake here – he’s dedicated his life to getting really good at multiple languages and is a true hyperpolyglot. Now he’ll be the first to admit that he isn’t fluent in all of these languages, but he does have a genuine basic conversational ability in at least 23 languages and more advanced conversational ability (or fluency) in at least 6 languages. He’s a really impressive guy and I hope you enjoy our conversation! Here’s a list, in order, of the languages he speaks in our interview: English, Mandarin, Italian, Portuguese, French, Thai, German, Korean, Tagalog, Hiligaynon, Dutch, Afrikaans, Spanish, Catalan, Vietnamese, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Jamaican Creole, Buryat, Japanese, and Greek. He also speaks Ukrainian, Hindi, Arabic, Farsi, Indonesian, Hebrew, and Turkish but forgot to speak those here. 0:00 Intro 1:20 Chinese 2:10 Italian 2:59 Portuguese 3:12 French 3:33 Thai 4:05 German 4:52 Korean 5:11 Tagalog 6:01 Hiligaynon 6:29 Dutch 6:39 Afrikaans 7:00 Spanish 8:15 Catalan 8:36 Vietnamese 8:51 Russian 10:01 Swedish 10:32 Danish 11:08 Jamaican Creole 11:44 Buryat 12:03 Japanese 12:21 Greek 12:55 How much time did it take him to learn these languages? 16:08 What is his language learning routine? 18:11 How does he study? 19:12 Is this his full time job? 24:04 Wouter discusses the language learning community LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH MY METHOD! ✉️ Join my newsletter and discover how I pick up new languages quickly (and learn how you can do the same): 👉🏼 https://www.streetsmartlanguages.com/signup 📚 Check out my Street-Smart Language courses: 👉🏼 https://www.streetsmartlanguages.com Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLNoXf8gq6vhwsrYp-l0J-Q?sub_confirmation=1 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xiaomanyc/ Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xiaomanyc/ If you guys like the music in my videos, you can check out all the AMAZING music Epidemic Sound has at my affiliate link here: http://share.epidemicsound.com/xiaomanyc