Meet the human Google translate - BBC Africa

[@Mthoberistosan]

What's fascinating us that he speaks all these languages with the same accent😂

[@MS-dp2qg]

As rwandese i can confirm

[@iyamuremyealphonse3126]

Yeah , may be you you can make a difference.

[@autentyk5735]

He just phonetically memorized a few sentences and conned the good ol' CNN. He sounds like someone who not once experienced the flow that comes with any type of exposure to any of those languages.

[@testingsomething5280]

​@@autentyk5735This is BBC but yes to everything else

[@ted9030]

Well he learnt with books so i assume he didnt practice speaking a lot

[@LanguageSimp]

What a chad

[@LeChevalierLelion]

But can he speak Albanian sign language?

[@tommarnt]

@@LeChevalierLelion wait how can you speak sign language

[@wintrywind]

Daddy vladdy

[@MoldyAvocado]

🤤

[@Pa4l]

Oh my god. Aren't you that guy who can speak more than two languages fluently, including American and even British?

[@dfpguitar]

He does speak like he learned by reading dictionaries, very slow and without the rhythm of each language. But still very impressive. If he visited each respective country he would easily achieve native fluency.

[@eswarjuri]

He could just talk to native speakers on discord…

[@deedanielson5482]

It was supposed to be Rwandan media to expose this gem. We have so much to unearth in Africa. The local media is continually underrating us.

[@Spokenshelf]

They are looking gitumo

[@Patrick-wn6uj]

@@Spokenshelf😂

[@tobisalami]

Very impressive! He should travel the world! He deserves it.

[@horsermchead2504]

@@tobisalami he would be unable to communicate so I do not see how that would do any good

[@awesomeirlable]

Makes sense. A lot of us are polyglots even those without formal education. I hope he receives more recognition

[@tomomihisaya]

They speak a lot of languages in places like Rwanda and Kenya; I know a Kenyan that speaks 7 languages. His Japanese was really good and I noticed he had the N1 grammar book so he has been studying for a while now!

[@autentyk5735]

This dude is fluent in zil of them.

[@Joshua-w5hJ77]

This.

[@Idowu_Balogun]

Being able to speak several languages is a grace to behold...

[@progression8646]

This man is a genius!! Huge respect 🔥

[@horsermchead2504]

A genius? Did you listen to his pronunciation? He speaks Spanish super slow and sounds nearly incomprehensible

[@anthony_de_paz]

@@horsermchead2504 He needs to work on his pronunciation, but still i'm glad he found something he is passionate about :) I wish him best of luck in his journey

[@horsermchead2504]

@@anthony_de_paz Yes, I also wish him luck but to call him a genius is a little much. His Spanish is very weak to the extent that I think he comes off as a braggart to be trying and show it off on the BBC

[@rokoin6450]

@@horsermchead2504 His German can barely be understood as well

[@Sibabi101]

Dreaming in Hebrew got me😂

[@Patrick-wn6uj]

😂😂😂

[@ЛеонідДанилов-о9в]

Totally)

[@АлександрМенделеев-г3э]

A whole nightmare 🤣🤣

[@ornel9195]

"Human Google translate" set my expectations at an all-time high. How is he fluent with a monotonous delivery, lack of distinctive accent or typical vocal mannerisms and speech patterns? Task stress, maybe? Far from the hyperpolyglot BBC hyped, but impressive nonetheless. Bravo, Habineza!

[@chukwunonsoegbunike4671]

I speak English with a Nigerian accent, most ppl say i talk with a monotonous delivery that lacks excitement in anything. so, according to your quip, I guess I can't speak English? All that matters is he can understand the language and locals can understand him, though in some extent they might have to listen really careful to understand him but his monotonous delivery should help with that

[@ornel9195]

I was specifically talking about fluency, not "just speaking" the language. Here's a perfect example, Bradley Cooper speaks French while Jodie Foster is fluent. Watch some clips of both and you'll notice the difference. In your case, Nigeria is officially an English speaking country, so you do speak English, Nigerian English. There's American English, Australian, British....but, no Japanese or Chadian English. Hope you get the point.

[@chukwunonsoegbunike4671]

@@ornel9195 Lol, one of my close friend is from Chad, another is from Burkina Faso and both speak English with a distinctive accent that's different from each other but influenced by their native tongue. Same with some Japanese ppl I met in the states, who speak English with a distinctive accent that I only hear from those born and raised in Japan . So there is a huge difference btw fluency, and maintaining an accent/exhibiting a certain vocal mannerism/speech pattern. I for example taught myself French on my own and every one I met say I speak it with a unique accent they not used too, and sometimes I have to slowly speak to native speakers in other for them to understand what am saying.

[@ornel9195]

One is considered fluent in a foreign language based on specific criteria. Correct pronunciation, natural rhythm and rich vocabulary are among those. Accent (which seems to bother you for some reason) is one of them. Most countries have a broad spectrum of accents. Not all Americans have the same accent. You do know that, right? I, for example, speak English with a Standard American accent and speak French with a Parisian accent. It could've been English with a New York accent and French with a Mediterranean accent. Back to Habineza, and that's my personal opinion, he's not as fluent in those languages as this video is tryna tell us. A Russian speaking person commented that he couldn't clearly make out what he was saying.

[@chukwunonsoegbunike4671]

@@ornel9195 A decent amount of Americans and British folks I met while in Britain have a hard time understanding me cos i grew up in northern Nigeria and have a northern accent which is really thick and not the eastern/western Nigerian accent they used too. I usually have to talk slow for them to understand me. When I was in Macon Georgia, I couldn't understand what most of them were saying cos I wasn't used to that accent. So, according to your quip, am not fluent in English cos a decent amount of Americans and brits couldn't understand me. Also, those ppl i met in Macon Georgia weren't fluent in English cos i couldn't understand them. And if that isn't the case, then the comment about the Russian speaking person is moot. How one speaks a different language that is not native to them, is influenced by their native tongue. How my Burkinabe friend sounds while speaking English is different than how my Chadian friend sounds, which is also different than how my Nigerien friend sound (whom by the way I can barely understand when he speaks English) unless he speaks really slow but I know he is fluent cos we text in English but chat in French when we hang out. So, how Habineza speaks those languages is influenced by his native tongue.

[@Aritul]

Good for him for pursuing his interests, learning languages. May he continue to improve in 2025.

[@pragmaticcreator]

This is awesome. Hopefully, he would be celebrated in Africa as w whole and have the privilege to travel all over the world.

[@dhu2056]

>studies 30+ languages >unable to pronounce the letter L

[@tommarnt]

Cantonese pronouncing their n's as l's:

[@mwenengofero]

In Rwanda, the letter L doesn't exist. Thus, R and L are the same. It is kinda like B and V for spanish speakers.

[@mrdeadlift6237]

That’s not an excuse. If you learn a language, much less claim fluency in one, the expectation is that you know how to pronounce it

[@josepha8415]

It looks like he is reading from a script

[@nikeak]

Hater

[@sugarzblossom8168]

If I was doing an interview, I probably would too.

[@DenisJamesByrne]

"human google translate". I would actively disagree. Some of the main components in fluency in a foreign language is accent, phonetics, etc that make him sound like some sort of native speaker. He speaks with a heavy Kinyarwanda accent and intonation in all of his languages shown here. Yes it is possible that he has native level intercultural skills, and socio culture awareness, but I don't think from this clip that his language awareness and communicative competence are fluent.

[@bargerkenneth]

He quedado impresionado. De todos esos idiomas el único que yo hablo es el español, y su español no es perfecto, pero habla bien! Felicidades.

[@Aritul]

No sabia que estaba hablando en espanol porque me distraje leyendo los comentarios y no mire el video. Despues de leer tu comentario, puse el video de nuevo para escucharlo, y si es verdad. Felicidades a el. Que continue en el aprendizaje.

[@habinezaantoine7121]

muchas gracias por eso la próxima vez todo estará mejor . todavía hablo español con acento de idioma nativo . para poder cambiar ,tengo que vivir en un país espanohablante por algunos años .

[@habinezaantoine7121]

​@@Aritulgracias por tu consejo . espero que todo fuere bien pero superar ese desafío(acento) necesita siempre tener un tiempo bastante viviendo con los nativos para lograr el acento de los nativos .

[@HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote]

why do so many channels blast the sound effects so so loud? very neat interview though

[@TalentedTailgater]

what gets me with the internet is that you will never be truly sure that said person does/can actually do what they did on video, there is a slight chance he just learned a few sentences from each of the languages he spoke and BBC just went with it

[@senoritak190]

I am not fluent in Spanish but I can tell that his Spanish accent is off. He needs to work with an accent coach to perfect his accent in each language because it is clear to me that he is speaking every language with one accent.

[@emmanuelbyiringiro7207]

Exactly, I'm native Rwandan and work with Spanish speakers and his spanish accent sound like the way we speak Kinyarwanda. Despite that we should celebrate his courage as it hard to speak foreign language with proper accent when you don't speak that language regularly

[@Lion__]

1:54 "شكرا جزرا الى هذه المقابرة"

[@Fgd231]

For real?

[@Lion__]

@Fgd231 yes he said incorrectly The correct one should be "شكرا جزيلا على هذه المقابلة" And it's not really surprising considering that Arabic is so hard . He is just trying his best lol

[@sharpcircle6875]

I am by no means fluent in Japan, but did he just say 私にとって (to me/as far as I'm concerned) and と言われていると思います (i think I am being told) at the same time 💀 ?

[@ahmad_alhallak]

His Arabic was also horrendous. He is nowhere near to fluent in it

[@565ChAr]

He says 私のとって本当にとても面白い外国語だと言われていると思います。 it doesn't really make much sense for a few reasons (1) とても and 本当に together in a sentence is wrong, (2) 私にとって + と思います shouldn't be used together because it's not natural (3) there is no subject - what is said to be the most interesting foreign language? (4) the same reason you said about だと言われている. The grammar is extremely jumbled which is ironic since he's reading a Japanese N1 level book. I'm N2 and could do a better job than that haha

[@JaSmiNEtherlands]

Russian is my first language. Most of the things the guy said makes no sense. It's almost all giberish

[@timofejhajduk6761]

As a Russian, I think he said everything correctly. There is only one verb he used wrongly: of course, in our language we have the verb ''to inspire'' (inspirirovat' - инспирировать) that he used in his speech, but in this case it is not appropriate)) the Africans as a rule learn Russian very successfully, I know a Sudanese man who has lived in Russia 10 years - he speaks as a native and already has absorbed our mentality as his own...

[@anthony_de_paz]

I wish him best of luck in his linguistic journey!

[@ЛеонідДанилов-о9в]

As a German and Russian native speaker, his Russian pronunciation was quite good, but there is no word “инспирация”)But German..I am really sorry, maybe I am just being an average German picky person, but it was quite bad

[@PineappleOnPizza69]

Yea it was bad. Never thought it was already German when I heard sprache

[@timofejhajduk6761]

У нас есть глагол "инспирировать", но не в значении "вдохновлять", а скорее в значении "провоцировать", "подстрекать" и строго в негативном смысле: напр., инспирировать восстание, инспирировать заговор против правительства и т.п. Хотя по сути русское "вдохновлять" - это и есть калька с латинского "inspirare"

[@jeffchurum1431]

Wait until he learns the aliens 👽 language.

[@alihashim3855]

My role model 🙏

[@imdamanization]

I can only judge Russian but his grammar is not that good, and his accent makes some things hard to understand. Imo to be considered a hyperpolyglot you need to be at least B2-C1 is each of the six languages. Kudos for the effort but this demeans people who actually study languages

[@myuniyt]

Truly amazing 😭

[@PCs454]

i had mixed race friend who became fluent in 8 languages from birth and im so jelous i cant even speak 2 languages fluently and shes more than 6 years younger than me 😭😭😭😭

[@Futzebra2373]

I was waiting for Portuguese

[@gesm392]

Speaking several languages it's hard

[@alexandreanthony9635]

You are truly a source of inspiration to other Africans including me 😊. May I know how long it took you to learn these languages? Keep shining your light!

[@tursinbayoteev1841]

Learn two languages perfectly 😀

[@MSPTV_colormondaysie]

A true African gem🎉

[@Douli218]

Different languages, same accent 😂

[@lucain7]

Hahahahahha, I knew it , German remains undefeated in it's complexity

[@3gsahil]

I just learned that I'm a hyperpolyglot 😅 too .

[@baqi007]

im a hyperpolyglot from Botswana

[@wendihong19]

Moi Aussi, najua lugha , zhongwen, danke Schoen

[@ronanbakker]

I speak Dutch, English, Frisian, German, French and Russian. I dream in the first four languages, so technically, I'm not a hyperpolyglot. I've made a windows keyboard layout called European for typing out most IPA letters of Latin alphabets.

[@Doriy]

Another hyperpolyglot you should check out is laoshu50500, he's a KZbinr that speaks over 40 languages but he sadly passed away in 2021

[@mrdeadlift6237]

This guy does NOT speak German

[@MegaAmuche]

We need this dude in an international spy movie. Hahaha

[@joeliz4324]

He is from Kenya but he works and reside in rwanda🎉🎉🎉

[@shakurfaith]

😅😅😅

[@MS-dp2qg]

Bro a kenyan named Habineza Antoine?😂

[@BusinessGuidesKenya]

HAHA Yes i know his sister, Nafula, a great lady

[@HarJBeRw]

"Habineza" is a mega rwandan name man 😅 maybe he's half kenyan? But his dad is definitely rwandan

[@Patrick-wn6uj]

A Kenyan named Habineza lmao😂 I have seen it all

[@ray.gene.bowner]

This man reminds Duolingo to complete a lesson

[@raizenxdd]

Floyd if he didnt took fent

[@davethesid8960]

0:45 - He should try Hungarian then.

[@VintageVegans]

Fabulous!

[@jibreeelbinnuh1482]

Extraordinary😊

[@santosawidjaja]

Very good! I suppose no adult learner can speak any foreign language perfectly anyway🙂

[@Khan-mg9bs]

Just gotta perfect my 8 languages 😅

[@blagoevski336]

Awesome

[@Doriy]

He's just like laoshu50500 😮 if he was still alive they both would've had language battles. Rip 🙏🏿

[@ennvee1989]

No french?

[@deeshep]

dude has no idea what he is talking about, and it's not about the accent. there's no such word as "инспировал (inspiroval)" in russian. вдохновил exists. and why he has schwa sounds all the time???

[@thehypetraveler8114]

we wuz pawlyglaats n sheit!!!!

[@BoxingMMAFan1]

I almost responded to this then I clicked your channel and saw what you looked like. God has already done enough damage to you

[@anthony_de_paz]

why are you team killing saar

[@Randoom1836]

tunak tun tunak tun tu lalala

[@benbo7042]

Very interesting.

[@ratedg100]

Wow 😮

[@chefo8389]

Chi chi 😍😍 😎😎😎 🇳🇬 you bad- o!

[@bfish5412]

叫一聲媽以示尊敬 叫兩聲媽以示提醒 叫三聲媽以示禮畢 敬酒不吃 罰酒也不用吃了

[@adampica9815]

His arabic is barely understandable

[@montinyek6554]

So is his Russian

[@PineappleOnPizza69]

@@montinyek6554and his German

[@MarkDunn-v9v]

His Spanish and Japanese sound bad

[@rossmanmagnus]

it would be best for him to work on his russian pronunciation, i didn't get he was speaking russian first time i heard it (i speak it fluently)

[@horsermchead2504]

@@rossmanmagnus yes, his Spanish pronunciation is incomprehensible

[@limbo815]

i have been learning russian for a year and despite not being native i can say that his accent and the way he puts up and deliver his words sucks , definitely not human google translate

[@jimmyb4505]

How sad that among the 22 languages none is a native African language. Speaking non African languages of those who look down on us and Africa is touted as an achivement. Poor Africa

[@habinezaantoine7121]

Kinyarwanda my native language and Swahili are African native languages .

[@bfish5412]

叫一聲媽以示尊敬 叫兩聲媽以示提醒 叫三聲媽以示禮畢 敬酒不吃 罰酒也不用吃了😊

[@tommarnt]

What does a female horse have to do with this video

[@bfish5412]

A female horse must behave like a female horse😄

[@MakauMutuag]

😂😂😂❤

[@antscott6432]

Wow! He's excellent

[@akinyiokeyo4618]

I need to learn another language to compare to German.... English is by far the hardest to learn as a second language in my opinion.

[@emmanuelbyiringiro7207]

It depend with your native language. I'm Rwandan and our local language follow latin vowels and consonants, it easier to learn latin derivative language like french or Spanish but Germany look more complex for us.

[@ifone778]

Guys he just laugh on us, the Arabic that he spoke is terrible

[@НатовскийШпион]

His russian is terrible 😂😂😂 but I don't judge. As a native russian speaker myself, I understand how hard to learn my mothertongue is. Nevertheless, good for him

[@kztwitter]

cmon, i mean sure hes definitely not fluent but his „инспировал” mistake was cute to hear. it gave me chat gpt translator vibes

[@sanagirlqueen]

Why is this interview not in english