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Do you have to be fluent in these languages to be a polyglot, or am I considered one? (self.asklemmy)
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I can confidently say that I speak Portuguese, Spanish, and English to varying degrees. However, at a beginner level, I know Norwegian, Italian, and Polish. I also am probably at a very beginner level in Russian and French, both of which I’m learning and getting better at. I’m conversing with French people.

My fiancé says I’m a polyglot, but I don’t know if I’m just trilingual or not.

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

What do you mean by all Euro languges having a shared Latin and Greek origin?

I'm no expert/linguist, but I thought Germanic, Slavic, Romance (Latin) and Uralic were completely separate branches of the Indo-European language tree, having very little to do with eachother.

Cheers

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    I was moreso referring to their alphabet and pronounciations but a lot of them such as German have a hefty amount of Latin terms which got incorporated. I doubt many Germans these days would understand original Germanic.

    They do have their own roots but you get a head start in Europe by pronouncing Latin words in whatever regional accent is availble. Polish and Norwegian likely less but OP is still at a beginner level for those.

    But for example adding Japanese, Chinese or Arabic adds a whole new alphabet and experience where there is virtually no Latin base to start from

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