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In the new study, the researchers wanted to expand on that finding and explore what happens in the brains of polyglots as they listen to languages in which they have varying levels of proficiency.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2024

No previous study has studied so many polyglots.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 3, 2023

Some polyglots have noted problems with the languages already available.

From BBC • May 11, 2022

Understanding the importance of languages in a globalized world, many Kenyans speak English, Swahili and a tribal language, and polyglots are common throughout Africa.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2018

For who but a child dare act so freely among these polyglots of ceremony in this little world of frills and frocks and feathers?

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares