Who Can Speak the Most Languages Fluently?

Ziad Fazah, born in Liberia, brought up in Beirut and now living in Brazil, claims to be the world's greatest living polyglot, speaking a total of 59 world languages. He has been 'tested' on Spanish television, where it was not clear just how well he could communicate in some of them.

How many languages can a person speak fluently?

Gaining fluency in three or five languages is already a feat. While researching his book, Michael Erard went around the world and met with several polyglots. Adam Cansdale, a professional translator working at the European Commission in Brussels, who speaks 14 languages.

Can a person be fluent in 10 languages?

Is It Even Possible to Learn 10 Languages? Short answer: yes. Many polyglots say they've learned 10 or more languages—it's been said that the 19th-century priest Giuseppe Mezzofanti spoke 50 languages!