How many languages did the Italian cardinal Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti speak?
Correct answer: 39
zanniB
what an amazing brain....I feel very envious
Hugo
Amazing polyglot! 😲
Player #33292972
Rey, some can’t even speak English without butchering it.
Myhonestreaction
thirty-nine language Amazing!!
Diesel
He must have been a prodigy, genius!
Lorraine
my French teacher spoke 8 languages but thought herself ignorant because her siblings all spoke more than 10. She was a lovely woman, but couldn't teach me more than basic French.
Arabella
He must have been a great musician, too, to be able to pick up the different intonation and pronounciation.
Mr_Hve_Fun
FarraH, With today’s technology it is possible, but it requires discipline, diligence, and patience. For instance, you can pick Italian, however throughout Italy there are varied dialects, expressions and pronunciations. I am just saying I really don’t know. I grew up in an English speaking household. My ancestry is Mexican, but Spanish from Mexico is different from Spain, Central America and South America. Don’t get me wrong learning another language can be fun. Sorry for being long winded, I hope I was of help. I wish I could dominate three languages, but as someone wrote here as I get older I need to master English — Especially my writing skills.
Bones
I would love to know his IQ or whether he had a photographic memory. Sounds like an exceptional individual.
SueA
Ricardo, it is not the easiest. It’s actually a very complicated language. I admire people from other countries who speak English.
Taufan-The Windara Light
he could speak 39?! Wow! Awesome fact
Taufan-The Windara Light
that's so cool!
Lionessa
Ricardo, English is NOT an easy language to learn. Grammar structure, varying pronunciation, and the fact that English has close to a million words, many of foreign origin, make English a difficult language to learn.
Anya
What an incredible mind. Here I was impressed with Cleopatra knowing at least 9 languages, but knowing close to 40 is ridiculous. I’ve always wanted to learn more languages, though they say the best time to learn is when you’re young. I’m very impressed with people who speak multiple languages.
Ever
l can easily-fluently speak 3 languages however l am rubbish at maths, l love languages and being bilingual is a great "freedom feeling" when travelling...
Lionessa
Player #120374466, That's exactly what most monks spent their time doing: translating religious texts and copying them by hand into beautiful, fragile books.
pro king 2010
It's amazing, I only know 7 languages
sweetie
absolutely amazing!!
Ewa
When in doubt...Pick the most ridiculous answer. Hahahah
Patthebaker
Player #120374466: There were vernacular bibles around for centuries before Cardinal Mezzofanti was born!
Lucie Freya
Ariah , not always. And it is a weird thing for this quiz to obsessively feature. It should be about knowledge and learning and not about the length of the question.
zayno
WoW😮😮
I only can speak 4
amarachi
he really was a genius 😎
Rocking Rosi
Victoria, don't worry. I try to learn High German for more than 5 decades and you can still hear my hessian accent 😁.
Aisha
Wow 😳 that's a lot ... I only learnt 19 languages
nour
39 that's something waw
Zimmer
juse a guess
Morning Star
that's amazing man ya
maryana
he made me feel like the dumbest person 😭
Mew
Mujtaba, it’s also known as Hindi-Urdu
Lidzia
I studied six and was so proud of myself. Can't even imagine knowing 39.
SidAj
Hindustani is not a language, people belonging to India are Hindustani, sanskrit is the major Hindustani language, there are more than 100 languages spoken in India
Rahma
Amazing man🤩
YMZ
intelligent man !😎
Player #129810510
akeem , have you?
Player #129810510
Akshay, well, some of them do...
AngyL
wow, just wow, I speak 3, but 39 is mind blowing
Elenora
OHH 😮 I too like learning different languages. What a nice work. But I don't think so I can speak these much languages as I only have a command over 5 languages
shang
I'm shocked 🤯🤯🤯
Player #120374466
Too bad he didn't put his knowledge of Hebrew and Greek to work in translating from those languages of the Holy Scriptures into the vernacular of the common people There was a need for that back then