Chapter 1
The brain's linguistic hard drive
Chapter 2
Earth's natural multilingual hotspots
Chapter 3
History's mind-boggling hyperpolyglots
Chapter 4
The toolkit of the language masters
YOUR GOAL
Master of Secrets of the world's ultimate polyglots
Ch 2 · Earth's natural multilingual hotspots
duolingo Linguistic Hotspots
Deep in the valleys where hundreds of voices rise, Eight hundred languages under the island skies.
duolingo A colorful map displays Vanuatu's islands labeled with their local and national languages.
duolingo Precise labels on glass and chrome paths show daily language switching in India.
Fun Fact
Vanuatu's density: This tiny nation has the world's highest linguistic density, averaging only two thousand speakers per indigenous language.
Quiz
Which country is home to over 840 distinct languages, the highest number of any single nation?
Quiz
Which small Pacific island nation has the world's highest density of languages per capita?
Quiz
What is the name of India's educational policy that encourages students to learn three languages?