A bilingual person is someone who speaks two languages. A person who speaks more than two languages is called ‘multilingual’ (although the term ‘bilingualism’ can be used for both situations). Multilingualism isn’t unusual; in fact, it’s the norm for most of the world’s societies.

A bilingual dictionary or translation dictionary is a specialized dictionary used to translate words or phrases from one language to another. Bidirectional bilingual dictionaries usually consist of two sections, each listing words and phrases of one language alphabetically along with their translation.

The single easiest way to explain their differences is that translation involves written material between more than one language and interpreting involves spoken content between multiple languages.

Although bilingual people are not necessarily “smarter” or more intelligent than monolingual people, they do have a stronger executive function which results in a better ability to switch between tasks, they also have more efficient monitoring systems and a heightened cognitive ability.

Subliminal learning in your sleep is usually dismissed as pseudo-science at best and fraud at worst, but a team of Swiss psychologists say you can actually learn a foreign language in your sleep.

Studies on international adoptees have found that even nine-year-olds can almost completely forget their first language when they are removed from their country of birth. But in adults, the first language is unlikely to disappear entirely except in extreme circumstances.

Through following our list of tips on keeping a language fresh, you can actually improve your vocabulary and familiarity with the language away from the classroom.

1. Read newspapers online.
2. Watch movies.
3. Study buddies.
4. Chat.
5. Read Books.
6. Listen to Music.
7. Book a refresher course.

Which Languages Are The Closest To English?

• Closest Language: Scots. The closest language to English is arguably Scots.
• Closest (Definitely Distinct) Language: Frisian.
• Closest Major Language: Dutch.
• Close Language: German.
• Close Language: Norwegian.
• Close Language: French.

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For many people that begin learning German, declension is arguably the hardest bit of the language to master and one of the most important differences between speaking some German and speaking German well.

Yes, English sounds germanic to me. All germanic languages have different soundings when you know them. But they also have sort of same “feel”, in rythm and musicality that it is easy to recognise, like slavic languages do together.

Bavarian

Yes, English has some French/ Latin influence, but it’s mostly Germanic, which aren’t as “attractive” as the Romance languages are, in my opinion. Germanic words can sound very harsh and static at times, while words in like French, Italian, Latin, Spanish flow like a song. But yes English is very malleable.

And the most beautiful languages in the world are…

• FRENCH – MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOKEN LANGUAGE.
• GERMAN – MOST BEAUTIFUL SUNG LANGUAGE.
• ARABIC – MOST BEAUTIFUL WRITTEN LANGUAGE.
• ITALIAN – MOST BEAUTIFUL BODY LANGUAGE.