Teen Speaks Over 20 Languages

Prodigy hyper-polyglot Tim Doner has been teaching himself languages since he was 13. He now speaks nearly 20 languages! Join Tim on a cultural tour of New York unlike any you've ever heard!

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[GuitarHeroSkara]

I'm 17 and I'm just sitting here eating my oreos.

[kuroneko]

you sir are amazing. I'm barely bilingual

[digitsdigitsdigits]

He's no prodigy. He's just dedicated.
He says it himself.

[DmitryPilaev]

Currently I can speak English (my native language is Russian), German, Mandarin. Studying Swedish and Japanese, soon going to pick up Arabic and Spanish. Thanks for inspiration, Tim!

[hauziae]

they could have coloured most of the map if he speaks spanish

[notti]

Wasn't surprised when I realised he was left-handed too. 4:17

[cget]

I don't think this kid realizes the type of careers he could get into. . .

[badreligion]

I hope this kid grows up to become Daniel from Stargate SG1

[JessbecauseKeniam]

Awesome! i know three languages and was trying to choose between Japanese and Korean maybe i should learn both!

[StudioAnnLe]

That's fantastic!! I need to learn another language!!

I speak Pashto, Urdu, Hindi and English. I understand some Arabic and I am learning Spanish. And I am here thinking that I speak a lot of languages!

[Junhishiryu]

I can speak five languages: Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, English, Indonesian (and little bit malaysian). Too bad no one supports me and often times I'm just self studying. I only rely on available resources - internet for example. I don't have money to afford formal education about languages. But by the way, this guy is really awesome. If he's going to speak filipino, primarily the tagalog, the grammar has a resemblance with Indonesian and Malaysian so it's not that hard to learn.

[axelmairtons]

huh, i didnt know my language (greek) was dead haha :P i guess he means ancient greek but i wouldnt call it dead people never stopped using it the language never died, it just involved we are taught ancient greek at school(kinda) so a lot of greeks can either read or speak ancient greek or they can do both

[Mfd]

Omg so what if he doesn't know Spanish, he speaks 20 other languages!! He could learn Spanish in a day if he wanted to, relax guys.

[JohnShowalter]

What impresses me the most about him is his humility. He is willing to ask anyone for clarification, even during this video. Well done, sir! :D I only have half the languages he does, and I'm much older!

[Lucasdbv]

His voice changes depending on the language he's speaking lol

[kippensaus]

before i watched this video i read the title, and i was 100% sure he coudn't speak dutch ''yet''. en ja hoor, ik had gelijk ;))

[Lions]

Being dedicated is a huge part of being a prodigy.

[Ginjinkun]

OMG he's watching Psycho-Pass to study Japanese xD
おいおい、サイコパスじゃないか（笑）
他在看【心靈判官】學日文啊！
애니메 PSYCHO-PASS를 보고 일본어를 공부하고 있어요!
Está vendo o anime PSYCHO-PASS estudar Japonês!

...yep that's all I got T_T

[kathleenmae]

I'm FIlipino but I grew up in HK and I speak English, Tagalog, Cantonese and Mandarin fluently. The fun thing about knowing different languages is that I can think of a phrase in a language and translate it around when I'm doing a composition for school.