Chennai: An eight-year-old polyglot from Chennai has achieved massive linguistic feat, learning to read and write 106 languages all with the help of video-streaming platform, Youtube.
With the help of the internet, especially YouTube, Niall Thoguluva learned a plethora of languages.
He has also learned the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), which is a universal way to transcribe the sound of any spoken language to know its pronunciation.
"I do not know how my interest in languages began. I can read and write over 106 languages and can fluently speak 10 languages. I am currently learning five new languages," the prodigious Niall said.
Besides, he is also teaching pronunciation skills to his parents.
Lauding Niall's efforts to master over hundred languages at such a tender age, his father, Shankar Narayanan, said: "Last year, he started developing an interest for new languages and from there he took a great leap. Making use of the internet, he started learning one language after another."
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