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The language of genius
Thomas Young: Before 14 years old, he had mastered many languages of 10, including Greek, Italian and French. He can not only read skillfully, but also take notes in these languages. Maria Gaetana Agnesi: He knew French and Italian at the age of five, and Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, German and Latin at the age of 13. Otto Weninger: When he was young, he was proficient in Greek, Latin, French and English, and later he studied Spanish and Italian. /kloc-When he was 0/6 years old, he planned to publish an etymological paper on Greek adjectives in Homer's epic. Nathan leopold: At the age of 19, he was already familiar with 15 languages. Jean-Fran? ois champollion: At the age of 20, he mastered Latin, Greek and many ancient oriental languages except French, including Hebrew, Ethiopian Amharic, ancient Indian Sanskrit, ancient Iranian Avistan and Palavi, Arabic, ancient Syrian, Chaldean, Persian and Chinese popular in ancient Asia Minor Peninsula. Kristen Herrick Heine Ganung Yong Kim: At the age of five, he was able to give a speech in four languages and wrote a poem. William James sidis):8 At the age of eight, he was fluent in Latin, Greek, French, Russian, Hebrew and Turkish, and invented a new language called Vendergood.