Alex Rawlings, from Oxford University, Has been named the UK's most multilingual person. The 21-year-old British student can speak 11 language and is learning a 12th, He knows English, Greek, German, French, Dutch, Afrikaans, Spanish,Catalan,ltalian, Russian and Hebrew.Rawlings' mother, who is half Greek, spoke to him in English, Greek and some French when he was growing up. Rawlings is studying German and Russian at university now. He taught himself other languages like Dutch because he wanted to talk to people on his travels or simply because he thought the language was interesting or beautiful."When I was a kid, I always wanted to speak different languages," Rawlings said. "My parents often took me to my mom's family in Greece. My dad worked in Japan for four years. I was always frustrated that I couldn't talk to other kids in those countries because of the language. " Thanks to his talent for languages, Rawliings has made many friends. He also thinks that picking up new languages getseasier over time.Rawlings plans to perfect his Russian while studying in the small Russian city of Yaroslavi and the next language he plans to learn is Arabic."No matter how many languages I Iearn, my favorite language is always Greek because I have spoken it since childhood," he said.
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Alex Rawlings
Alex Rawlings
UK's most multilingual person
UK's most multilingual person
21-year-old
21-year-old
Yes
Rawlings is studying German and Russian at university now
university
university
Oxford University
Oxford University
11 language
11 language
Greek
Greek
spoken it since childhood
 spoken it since childhood
English, Greek, German, French, Dutch, Afrikaans, Spanish,Catalan,ltalian, Russian and Hebrew
English, Greek, German, French, Dutch, Afrikaans, Spanish,Catalan,ltalian, Russian and Hebrew
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mother, who is half Greek, spoke to him in English, Greek and some French
English, Greek and some French
English, Greek and some French
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half Greek
Greek
Greek
he thought the language was interesting or beautiful
he thought the language was interesting or beautiful
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I always wanted to speak different languages
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unknown
Rawliings has made many friends
Rawliings has made many friends
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 the next language he plans to learn is Arabic
Arabic
Arabic