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	Khashoggi, Part 35: Fear and Loathing at the NSA
		The former employee spoke on condition of anonymity as he is currently employed by another federal agency.
		He is referred in this article simply as "J."??"J" is a "hyperpolyglot" or a person who is fluent in an unusually high number of languages.
		Former colleagues described him as a brilliant man possessing critical skills that were "amazing."??"I believe the abuse is very widespread," said J. "The targeted person suddenly is described as 'not being a team player,' as 'disgruntled,' and then they're accused of all sorts of bizarre things.
	911review.org /Alex/Khashoggi-35_NSA.html (1376 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Hyperpolyglot
		For example, the neuroscientist Katrin Amunts studied the brain of hyperpolyglot Emil Krebs and determined that the area of Krebs' brain responsible for language—Broca's area—was organized differently than in monolingual men.
		On the other hand, the neurolinguist Lorain Obler has correlated hyperpolyglotism with the Geschwind-Galaburda cluster, a high coincidence of left-handedness, homosexuality, auto-immune disorders, learning disorders and talents in art, mathematics and, possibly, languages.
		Some notable hyperpolyglots include Sir Richard F. Burton (1821–1890), the cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti (1774–1849), Sir John Bowring (1792–1872), William Jones (September 28, 1746 – April 27, 1794) and the linguistics professor Kenneth Hale (1934–2001).
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Hyperpolyglot (219 words)

	Psychology Today: Could You Learn 40 Languages?
		Known in linguistic circles as hyperpolyglots, people who speak 10, 30 or even 70 languages must work as hard as the rest of us.
		With the same effort and resources, "we're all potential hyperpolyglots," says Eva Fernandez, a linguist at the City University of New York.
		A study of Russian hyperpolyglots found that while they can speak dozens of languages proficiently, the majority say they speak just seven fluently.
	www.psychologytoday.com /articles/pto-20060510-000002.html (302 words)

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	Omniglot - the blog » Blog Archive » Extreme polyglossia
		Afterall, he’d have to be a hyperpolyglot himself to verify the claim all by himself.
		I tend to be skeptical when it comes to claims of “polyglossia.” Even when the claim is only to a few languages.
		I’ve met too many people who claim to be able to speak a language only to find they are unable to say or understand more than a handful of common phrases.
	www.omniglot.com /blog/2006/08/31/extreme-polyglossia (1701 words)

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		Once in India under the command of Charles James Napier, he gained astonishingly rapid proficiency in Gujarati, Marathi, and Hindustani, as well as Persian and Arabic.
		According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian, and African languages and countless dialects, making him a hyperpolyglot.
		He was appointed to the Sind survey, which enabled him to mix with the people, and he frequently passed as a native in the bazaars and deceived his own native language teacher as well as his colonel and messmates.
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	Omniglot - the blog » Blog Archive » Polyglots
		It struck me today that many polyglots and hyperpolyglots are male.
		I wonder if this has something to do with the instinct to collect things and the tendency to get a bit carried away with particular subjects, traits that seem more common in males than females.
		Though neurotypical people probably can learn 10+ languages, it probably is different from the way hyperpolyglots with mental affinities can do this.
	www.omniglot.com /blog/2006/11/14/polyglots (2023 words)

	The HooK: STRANGE BUT TRUE- Say what? Polyglots talk all the talk
		Polyglots are people who speak, read or write several languages, and there are even a few hyperpolyglots.
		One reader called the Mezzofanti claim preposterous: Assuming 20,000 words per language, he would have had to learn a word a minute, 12 hours a day for 5.5 years!
		Whether hyperpolyglots just work harder at it or have a special intelligence, they're a marvel and the envy of the rest of us who struggle to master passable Spanish, Russian, Japanese...
	www.readthehook.com /stories/2005/06/09/strangeButTrueSayWhatPolyg.html (491 words)

	Language in the News
		This month we bring you news of hyperpolyglots, the translation of humor, the roots of alfalfa and algebra, those not-always-innocent shifts in usage, the rise and decline of languagesâ¦ and, of course, more.
		Dick Hudson, professor emeritus of linguistics at University College London, coined the term âhyperpolyglotâ and defined it as âa person who speaks six languages or more.â Over the years, various scientists have studied such individuals looking for clues on how they learn.
		Your article made me click on the links you gave and hence onto other links thus spending a fascinating rainy Easter Monday.
	www.aiic.net /ViewPage.cfm/page1741.htm (777 words)

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		In 1970 he ran for Congress in New York City's 19th district on the Republican ticket, but was defeated by Bella Abzug and in 1977 he ran for mayor of New York City but was unsuccessful as well.
		Aside from this, he is also an accomplished hyperpolyglot and can speak more than 25 languages, including Chinese, Russian, and Finnish.
		He has published a book entitled How to Learn Any Language that details his method for self-study.
	www.mailhollywood.com /cel.php?viewCel=4654 (402 words)

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