Anna Delvey (Anna Sorokin) is a native Russian speaker who grew up in Germany, making her fluent in Russian and German, and she also speaks fluent English, but her claimed ability to speak up to seven languages is often seen as part of her con, with her distinctive, mixed accent being a key element, blending German, Russian, and American.
Vaughn Smith is a 26-language polyglot who had his brain scanned at MIT. Discover the man behind the scan and the surprisingly simple ways he learned so many languages.
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The Man Who Speaks 30+ Languages Ahmed Diallo has mastered over 30 languages, connecting with people across cultures.
There's no single "hardest" language, but Mandarin Chinese is consistently ranked #1 for English speakers due to its tonal nature (four tones change word meanings) and complex logographic writing system requiring thousands of characters. Other top contenders often cited include Arabic (right-to-left script, complex sounds, grammar) and Japanese (multiple writing systems like Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, plus honorifics). The difficulty depends heavily on your native language, with languages like Tibetan, Estonian, and Polish also challenging learners with unique grammar or cases.
🌍 Meet 19-year-old Mahmood Akram from Chennai, India! 🇮🇳 This incredible young man has reportedly mastered 400 languages, being able to read, write, and type in all of them, and is said to be fluent in 46! He started learning languages at a very young age, inspired by his father who is also multilingual.
Anna's father is Vadim Sorokin and her mother's name has not been publicly released.
Sorokin (Russian: Соро́кин), or Sorokina (feminine; Соро́кина), is a common Russian surname, derived from the Russian word soroka (сорока, or magpie). Those bearing it include the following: Aleksandr Sorokin (born 1981), Lithuanian long-distance runner. Aleksei Sorokin (politician) (1888–1933), Estonian politician.
Delvey is required to wear an ankle monitor as part of the terms of her house arrest. She said she had gotten permission from immigration officials to compete on the show.
Mexico has 69 official languages, including Spanish and 68 indigenous languages like Nahuatl and Maya, recognized for their cultural significance, making it one of the most linguistically diverse nations, though other countries like South Sudan also have 69 languages.
Powell Alexander Janulus (born 1939) is a Canadian polyglot who lives in White Rock, British Columbia, and entered the Guinness World Records in 1985 for fluency in 42 languages.
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English, Italian and German– that's three languages!
The German Hans Conon von der Gabelentz, born in 1807, researched and published grammars of 80 languages. The record, though, probably belongs to Sir John Bowring, Governor of Hong Kong from 1854 to 1859, who was said to know 200 languages, and capable of speaking 100.
Papua New Guinea has the most languages in the world – over 800. Indonesia isn't far behind with over 700. Languages are spread unequally throughout the world.
Less than one percent of people worldwide are proficient in many languages. If someone is fluent in more than five languages, the person is called a polyglot.
There isn't one single "rarest" last name globally, as rarity depends on location and historical records, but extremely rare ones have only a handful of bearers, like some listed by Findmypast (e.g., Twelvetrees in 1901 Britain) or names with <100 people in the US, such as Villalva. Names become rare due to migration, extinction, or being tied to unique local landmarks or events, with some becoming "endangered" (fewer than 50 bearers in England/Wales), like Pober or Mirren.
Interestingly, some traditional Russian names are popular across all the ex-Soviet republics, in particular Alexander, Sergey, Maksim and Andrey; and Anna, Olga, Sofia and Anastasia.
Anna Sorokin (aka Anna Delvey) is currently navigating life after jail, working on art, podcasts, and fashion projects, though she's faced legal hurdles like deportation battles, shifting from strict house arrest to more freedom, allowing her to attend events and build her brand as a "cultural disruptor" in New York and beyond, while fighting to stay in the U.S. and manage her public image.
Currently dating Freddie's best friend Bobby Beale (Clay Milner Russell), Anna confirmed she is expecting Bobby's baby, and lied to sister Gina Knight (Francesca Henry) that she was happy with the news.
Now, it looks like the bid isn't necessary, as Anna's real former boyfriend has reportedly been revealed as tech entrepreneur Hunter Lee Soik.
Queen Iduna, known as Elsa and Anna's mom in Disney's Frozen series, was born in the Enchanted Forest as a Northuldra member. She married Prince Agnarr of Arendelle and became the queen of his kingdom.
Ziad Youssef Fazah (Arabic: زياد فصاح; born 10 June 1954) is a Liberian-born Lebanese alleged hyperpolyglot. Fazah has claimed to speak 59 languages and maintains that he has proved this in several public appearances in which he supposedly communicated with native speakers of a large number of foreign languages.
UNESCO is giving credit where credit is due: Chinese is officially the most difficult language in the world. To give you an idea of the complexity of this language: The written form gives no clues as to pronunciation… And pronunciation and intonation completely change the meaning of a word.
Another generalization drawn by Fedorenko's team is that some people may believe that learning a foreign language makes a person smarter, but there has been no supporting evidence for this assumption coming from her MIT lab's years of research which generally showed polyglots' IQ and reasoning ability were at ...