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I truly wonder what dedication one would have to have in order to learn 54 languages. That is just the most impressive even if you know the language at a basic level. Quote from the article: "including one who spoke 54 languages with at least some proficiency."

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Once you know Russian, Polish and Serbian - you know all Slavic languages basically. Maybe Albanian will give you some problems. That's like 15 for the price of 3.

There's probably similar shortcuts in other language families.

Albanian is not a Slavic language at all.

Meant Bulgarian/Macedonian, my bad.

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