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Me who can speak 6 languages fluently 🗿
Comment from : Skyloh

hehe claiming that being bilingualism is bad is such an american cope
Comment from : Croozerdog •-•

I wish I was a polyglot or atleast a bilinguist I can speak and understand both filipino and english, Im fluent in english, In filipino not as much as my peers but I can still conversate
Comment from : NO 333

Oh that makes sense why I had hard time seeing ambiguous figure I usually notice them in the same time
Comment from : Aqua ♡

monolingual americans disliking the video
Comment from : BPrimeTimeL

most Indians having to learn around 3 languages before the age of 10:
Comment from : Bharathball

One cannot survive in countries like India without bilingualism Especially in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Where one can find ppl from different races, different ethnic groups, speaking different languages Keralites, Tamils, Kannadigas, etc
Comment from : திருஞானசம்பந்தமூர்த்தி

Monolinguisme is a modern anomaly designed by large empires with a powerful central administration and a need for unity Multilinguisme has always been the norm in our world where you had a new dialect every 50 km
Comment from : Asae Japan

I know Marathi, hindi, English, Java, javascript, kotlin and c#
Comment from : कोड चक्क पवत्तन

Not actually a super power If it is, their brain would be bigger than normal
Comment from : Coola Diamond

This is stupid and obviously wrong I can translate live: I listen to Spanish, and at the same time I speak the English translation out loud I guarantee I understand both I'm making word choices while speaking How on earth can you insist that I'm "switching"?
Comment from : Michael Galindo

I’m a sequential bilingual Native English and Russian second Also I watched a video that talked about how there may be a scientific reason behind why Chinese people are so good at maths Because their writing system isn’t to dissimilar to that of mathematical equations So the stereotype (all be it a slightly racist one) may have some science behind it
Comment from : Louis Ronan

Quadrilingual is definitely SupremePower Got it????
Comment from : Seema2022

Yes, you do have more job opportunities around the world when you know more than one language, but if there's no funding to relocate what's the point I think money is more important than than any foreign language skills
Comment from : Jaime Carrillo

I was born in Bangladesh So i know Bangla And there are many Hindi shows on the TV So i vecame fluent in Hindi soon too And learned English at school So now im fluent in 3 languages I'm currently learning Japanese and Arabic Its great to know multiple languages When you are in loss of words in your native language, you might be able to find a more suitable word to use in another language So its really a useful tool!
Comment from : Hindi Fictions World

mostly everyone india is multilingual Like everyone knows at least 3 languages I know 6 languages fluently
Comment from : mAHER gANDHI

i speak no language
Comment from : unofficial mlbb

im a polyglot born bilingual
Comment from : Abenteuer Auswandern

idkbangladeshi speak bengali languagemost of the bangladeshi can speak hindi,can understand Urdu easily!!brThey learn english or arabic from their childhood!!brand these happends before the age of five!!brit is very common in our country!!
Comment from : Science&Experiment

I'm multilingual and I switch and combine the languages when when I hang out with people I know
Comment from : A Random Anvil

me watching it who can read and talk in 4 different languages
Comment from : Amol

When is someone actually growing up bilingual? I have German parents, who spoke (obviously) German My Grandmother and a lot of my family members nearly exclusively spoke "Platt"(lower German) What is kinda considered as an own language It has its own Grammar rules and own sounds
Comment from : Nique Oelkers

trilingual gang wya?
Comment from : Followers Of Sunnah

There are three types of bilinguals according to TED's video though lol
Comment from : Skye Aten

I don't know, but I do speak three languages (national language, vernacular language, and English) as a Filipino and I do practice both Korean and Japanese simultaneously
Comment from : Maanting Grace

そこで is pronounced little different not like an N shape it's more a Z shape, if that makes sense lol
Comment from : Dodomaruuu Animation

Bullshit
Comment from : 187bronco187

I am Brasilian, I don't think that's how it works
Comment from : |KYE|SickHead

We Indonesians are trilingual
Comment from : JaVien

Is bilingual when someone can speak anger and sarcasm at the same time, my asian mom is an expert😢
Comment from : CRZYXE

yebrs
Comment from : Jesse Richards

I used to wonder how bilingual children didn’t cross their two languages together, but watching this made me realise they'd understand the languages were separate if the people they learned to talk from didn't combine them
Comment from : Nitro Indigo

I'm a Trilingual but
Comment from : mmm

I think most who are generally from smaller country and not English speaking, doesn't have much of a choice in learning it Thats just my experiance
Comment from : Jonas Weber

i had never heard that sequential bilingualism was considered a handicapping experience, but this is definitely was the case with me my brain power really dwindled once i became bilingual and started thinking in two languages
Comment from : gordonlevittsmith

Ive been multilingual since i was 5 and i have never heard such rubbish before
Comment from : Grimm Stryke

America problems people in my country speak atleast 3 languages, a good number of people even speak 5
Comment from : Spoodermen

omg, the thumbnail kid is a replicant
Comment from : Random Stranger

6:16 You should have gotten a native speaker to do this one here… It sounds soooo wrong like it’s said by someone who’s been studying Japanese just for a couple of months
Comment from : LeeYang

I wonder if this apply to people that read subtitles brMy partner is monolingual and he says subtitles is distracting I'm bilingual and I have no problem watching with subtitles
Comment from : Rand0mL0ve

Yo I know English malayalam hindi tamil my age is just 17
Comment from : FIFA CHAMPION

I think it is very likely that anyone with the capacity to speak also has/had the capacity for bilingualism Just needs to be aquired at an early age for most
Comment from : dangolfishin

Cue the multilinguals- it's a mess in here
Comment from : Alefiya Jamali

i speak 3 language Fluently since i was a Child Thats Nothing Stop Being Silly Talking About Superpowers This is Not a Marvel Movie
Comment from : AngelM

I'm trilingual sequential
Comment from : SerwayGaming&more

how about quad-lingualism? Most of us in Kashmir speak Kashmiri (koshur) at home, hindi with traders and tourists from India, Urdu in official government work and government workers, and English in education and communicating with foreigners!
Comment from : Ali

I'm a native Indian, theres a whole different language in almost every single state So almost every indian is a Bilingual For me myself though,I speak 5 languages in total ;-; and its not even that cool, i've only realised how blessed i am when i watch these kind of videos I'm still pretty astounded that most of all western humans know only one language :D
Comment from : gimmem0ney

Thas the cutest kid I’ve ever seen
Comment from : Inanc Taheri

Noice
Comment from : AJX

It's called "Morai' もらい
Comment from : 🌹 Robeon Mew 🔰

As an Indian most of whom are trilingual(including myself)I am watching this video with my laser and x-ray vision
Comment from : Amuzic Earth

I speak three languages and am learning a fourth one
Comment from : hellohennessy

No, I can speak English and Japanese and mandarin and 2 types of Chinese dialects, but nobody cares and nobody would think I am any good I only began to have some value when I built up my tech skill
Comment from : China Chicken Soup

even some animals like dogs are bilingual because they understand the nuances of their own species and also learn to understand and communicate with humans as well It's a normal thing being able to adapt communication is one of the first evolutionary traits
Comment from : Jordan Mntungwa

Well most Asians are trilingual, but some have to learn 4 or 5 languages just so that we can communicate with the people around us
Comment from : Miss_Unknown

Me knowing 3 three languages and learning 4th: I am godlike
Comment from : Shreyas Shetty

Huh? Is that why there is case where people simplisized names that not familiar to them like why anime characters used to have to change their names when theyre dubbed in english?
Comment from : River Song

As a trilingual, I can switch between the pictures, but not school and video games
Comment from : NanashiHuy

Indians Chilling in the corner
Comment from : Heber Praneeth

The best thing about bilingualism is that you can watch a movie in one Language and add subtitles of another language Gives you a lot of context that you might miss
Comment from : S C

Hello Erica, are you also Bilingual (or more) and if so, what other languages do you master?
Comment from : Tutti and More

Come to India We speak atleast 4 languages
Comment from : Practical

Well if it is, tell them mfs to start using it because it’s not obvious if it is the case
Comment from : Kev Colli

I’m showing this video to my high school students in Spanish 2 class As a bilingual person myself, I have enjoyed being able to laugh at jokes and to understand cultural nuances of both English and Spanish cultures It’s definitely a superpower and I enjoyed the video a lot Thank you so much for posting it
Comment from : Al Gus

you guys supposed to study Malaysia specificly (Melayu) Melayu people could pronounce all kind language perfectly
Comment from : Benji

Dumbest thing I have ever heard
Comment from : Avery Marx

this hits very close to home
Comment from : Jose Perez

me who is chinese, born in indonesia who studied english in school speaking a different chinese language at home (teochew) from the usual chinese language (mandarin) who can switch between accents anytime absorbed by watching shows: wait whatbrbrfluent in: English, Indonesian, Teochew (Chinese dialect)brup next, but not to a professional proficiency: Mandarin, Hokkien (Chinese dialect, similar to Teochew), Malay (Root language of Indonesian)brlearning: Korean, Japanese, CantonesebrbrBUT HELPPP the meme "you're bilingual? more like byelingual" since you forget what the word is in the other language is so relatable lmao I need a polyglot friend :')))
Comment from : czxjin_

def not a super power
Comment from : RedStone576

I appreciate this video because im bilingual myself by development throughout my life but there is one major aspect on how this is something that need to be studied and proven, people with so called renewed perspectives defying old assumptions why you need proof on something you already know it is the assumption that we humans are so much more aware than every living organism, whilst this is arrogance which forms te biggest handicap to our brains full potential, which we would achieve if we just trust our brain to work autonomicly, in stead of identification as who 'I/me' really means where the identification to who we experience as our selves we connect this to being able to control our brain which we assume that this is who we are assuming with our self-awarenes we rise above what other beings that lack this selfreflecting ability they are still as much aware as we humans are, they lack the handicap to question weather what their doing is right or wrong animals know as we know, and we humans are limiting our capacity because we are so focused on maintaining this sense of self I can communicate with living creatures because im not biased to assume we humans are so much more evolved animals try to communicate with us but arent heard because humans are not open to the possibility that they are capable to do so my advice let your brain do the thinking and stop trying to control it like breathing, you dont need to actively think about having to breathe in that same way stop restricting your brains potential by assuming you need to control it
Comment from : Ookin Dooker

This is why europe is better, we are all supermans
Comment from : Meroe

My Indian a$$ that has first language level fluency in 3 languages and second language fluency in 2: "BOW DOWN TO ME PEASANTS!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Comment from : MC SHYR

Is that why Indians seem to be smarter? Cuz an avg indian knows 3 languages
Comment from : Ginko The Gymno

Total insanity, give me a Break Superpowers just don't fade because you don't use them It's an acquired skill that's all If you're bilingual and do not use the second language you tend to lose it
Comment from : Swee Suri

Tell that to an indian who grow up learning english,hindi, and few other languages as his family has different people from all over india in it who speak different language lol talk about Bilingualism lol
Comment from : Z1REF

in an era where racism and science have to be voted on to determine their legitimacy, sure bilingualism can be considered a superpower Why not? It's not like that's an actual question that really matters
Comment from : huckleberry12

That means every Indian has Superpower💪💪brI speak 4 language 6 dialects br1 native and understand Punjabi and Gujarati😎
Comment from : Prem

I speak 3 languages Cantonese, English and Mandarin But I still struggling English grammar I always mix up had had or has had Sometimes I use them because they sound right to me brI give up on Japanese because it's hard for me to combine their characters I only know what every character sounds likebrI also learn French recently by myself It's more easy to me because French looks like English
Comment from : Alisha Nightshade

the people in the southern philippines (bisaya) are the most unique in the world when it comes to this topic because they speak tagalog-bisaya-english all at the same time in one sentence
Comment from : green house

I speak 4 languages fluently and still learning thai and italian at the same time
Comment from : Hany Batrisyia

imigrant children and the whole world who dont speak english
Comment from : Student Gaming

"The social practice of monolingualism forces the faculty of language into a state of functional atrophy"brbr-Melanie Jouitteau: Monolingualism is a body modification practicebrbrmultilingualism has always been the norm thats why we can learn languages simultaneously when young monolingualism is basically unnatural
Comment from : Matty

But i read in psychology that you should use one language with the child untill the age of 5 because til age 5 children do not have the capacity to be bilingual, if exposed to two languages they can become linguistically confused
Comment from : Ammara Zahra

it’s not a super power, it’s privilege 🙌🏼
Comment from : Rain 03

It seems like this video is saying that unless you learn all your languages in infancy you will always have an accent in your non-dominant languages That is absolutely not true I went to school with a lot of immigrant children and can tell you that as long as they learn the language before 4th or 5th grade they will not have an accent
Comment from : thirstbasket

I can speak three languages fluently Really wished I retained all that Spanish I learned in grade school though!
Comment from : Thumper

my son is 9 and he is trilinguals
Comment from : Ric G

I did a huge research project on this topic my senior year of high school and it was awesome 😌
Comment from : Kortne Bear

Im trilingual
Comment from : Petek Demircioglu

No its not, you can't speak any one language well enough you will be bullied like hell
Comment from : Skanderbeg Victor

i wonder what effect my grandfather had, he was bilingual and grew up in Colorado and Southern California during a time where you got beatings at school for speaking any other language aside from English he fought in Korea during the 1950s and who knows what he was exposed to eventually he was diagnosed with alzaheimers and parkingsons we didnt notice until he started confusing us for people from his past it was a sad deterioration he was so much fun
Comment from : Jason Martinez

my sister learned english around age 8 and decided to stop speaking spanish since she was held back a year at school my sister taught me how to read english at age 3 and spanish at age 5 I was not allowed to speak english at home and mostly watched PBS in english and spanish news I had 3 accents depending on what part of the city i was one for the hood where i lived, one for school, and one for white folk on the affluent part of the city Now i have a wife that speaks spanish only and understands some english It is so hard to express certain emotions since I think in English I have to translate those words which don't really mean anything in spanish
Comment from : Jason Martinez

for americans it must be cuz them mfs don't even speak one language perfectly
Comment from : Kira wr

I am not bilingual I am trilingual Language #2 at age 7 Language #3 at age 12 I speak language #2 at native L1 level with no accent Language #3 is English Both #2 and #3 were learned pretty much effortlessly But I have a thick accent in English To me, this suggests that the cut off is somewhere between age 7 and 12brbrSubsequently, I attempted to learn 3 additional languages, with not much success So apparently, I am not talented at learning languages 😊 I live in a country where it is not at all abnormal to find people who are fluent in 4 or 5 languages And by "fluent", I don't mean it in the way Melania does These people are regularly using all 5 languages every other day About half the country is monolingual, half of the remainder is bilingual, and the rest are fluent 3 or more languages All these languages (except for English), they learn informally The just "pick it up" when they were kids
Comment from : Daniel CH