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Boy, 10, has learned ten languages

aclcOctober 30th, 2007

A 10-year-old schoolboy has mastered 10 languages – and is busy learning his 11th, reports the Guardian website. As well as English, Arpan Sharma speaks Hindi, picked up from his parents, and has learned Spanish, Italian, German and French at school.

The primary school pupil has also taught himself to speak Thai, Swahili, Mandarin and Polish using DVDs, as part of a programme called the Junior Language Challenge. And for his 11th language, he is learning Lugandan – a language spoken in Uganda.

Read more on the Guardian website.

Categories: Ages and stages

One Response to “Boy, 10, has learned ten languages”

  1. Modern Languages Blog » Boy, 10, comes third in language contest November 6th, 2007 at 13:09
    [...] For anyone following the progress of Arpan Sharma, the 10-year-old boy who can speak 10 languages and is learning his 11th, he has achieved third place in a language contest for the second year. [...]

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