6 Minute English / Learning multiple languages

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Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I m Neil and today I m here with Hannah from BBC podcast What in the World. Hello Hannah.

Hi Neil.

Hannah and the What in the World team have been investigating what it s like to learn multiple languages, and she s here to tell us more about it. Welcome to 6 Minute English.

Thank you so much for having me.

And it's great to have you here. Now, in this programme, we help you improve your English. And maybe English is the first language you have tried to learn or maybe you know a lot of languages.

Well, someone who knows multiple languages is a polyglot. Neil, are you a polyglot?

I speak a little bit of a few languages, but I couldn't say that I'm a polyglot. How about you?

I am a polyglot.

Well, I feel really impressed and a bit intimidated! Now, Hannah, we always start our programme off with a question. So, here it goes. Which country has the most official languages recognised by the government?