This Man Comfortably Speaks 23 Languages in 10 Minutes

[@WouterCorduwener]

Thank you so much that I could join your video project! You are such an amazing guy and it's so cool how you bring a smile on people's face when you speak their language. Never give up and keep inspiring other language learners. I am extra motivated now to learn more Chinese. Cheers.

[@Benobot99]

Really cool to see you and Ari do a video together. Great job!

[@Greg_J]

Amazing polyglot

[@katazaki]

Amazing

[@dalkurd1]

Which country you from if your name is Wouter Corduwener?

[@coldirty]

happy to see this colab big fan of both

[@guidopahlberg9413]

He speaks both German and Russian with a Dutch accent, but he is very fluent and never gets languages mixed up, which is very impressive.

[@Cristofre]

Speaking as an American, he has an almost Mexican Spanish accent in English in my opinion. But then his Spanish was that type of Spanish too.

[@chadmusick560]

I’m in Texas and originally I was going to disagree.. but he does have a lot of similarities, especially where he puts emphasis on certain parts of his words

[@elenan6699]

@@Cristofre As a Dutch person I'd say he has a Dutch accent when speaking English. (But nevertheless, it's still really impressive of what he's capable of doing).

[@jdjphotographynl]

His Swedish and Danish also have quite the thick Dutch accent, but hey... he's speaking a ton of languages better than I do. :D

[@OviGomy]

Bis auf einige wenige Satzbaufehler ist sein deutsch sehr gut.

[@WonderWhatHappened]

My mom is 90 and she's just starting to learn Italian and loving it. So it's never too late.

[@AylaZalfatul]

And how is the progress now?

[@kaboom6157]

Muy bien arigato güеү

[@MontagZoso]

That’s awesome! 👍❤️

[@christiankaiser1511]

Iam German and the words that he used and the sentences he build are impressive for somebody who isnt a native german speaker. not totally perfect but still on a High level craazy keep going man. 👍

[@der.dicke.Michi.67]

Yeah I mean he has to work on the grammar obviously…but I mean… there are also 22 other languages he speaks so fuck that😂

[@RsStom]

@Wesley Blokker but still, german is a difficult language.

[@Supergamer-hu5mp]

Oh oh... Die Deutschen sind aber auch in wirklich jeder Kommentarsektion...

[@Ghumaku]

@@Supergamer-hu5mp Sicher doch

[@michelrobinet3138]

@@RsStom not really

[@MishaElRusito]

I was just rewatching this guy's videos. He's awesome and funny. It's a shame he hasn't blown up yet. Cuz I remember watching him even a few years back. Thank you Xiaoma for giving him exposure 💪🏻😊

[@Factsonmen]

I was recommended this guy befor xioma

[@maxivy]

Very true. He deserves more recognition.

[@TSGarp]

I dont think his levels go very deep, which is why he isn't super big. If you watch his vids (and I like them) it's a lot of the same common sentences repeated and not real conversation.

[@DemonFox369]

He doesn’t do real conversations. And his delivery/execution is somewhat awkward. But I still wish him success, language channels are great.

[@AnotherMetalGuy]

Yeah this was the first multilingual dude that I saw in youtube some years ago, then I found Laoshu (RIP) and lastly Xiao

[@MatthewBluefox]

I enjoyed and giggled to Xiaoma's facial reactions every time Wouter switched languages (laughing in disbelief, astonishment, enjoyment, or just out of fun). :)

[@itsTyrion]

This is the definition of the "visible confusion" meme

[@eo1988]

Great to see him "wowed" like he has caused numerous people to be.

[@Cameraman37891]

The most impressive thing is that when he is switching he does it seamlessly. Absolutely incredible!

[@deadbolt9019]

def the most impressive thing. My girlfriend is 100% proffesionally bi-lingual in English and Mandarin but switching for her takes a few moments to "get in the mind space". She told me its like a different personality in a way. And she's been bilingual her entire life.

[@olliemartinelli4034]

Tbh I have been bilingual (English and Italian) my whole life and the switching to me is very natural. Like the moment anyone speaks to me in English or Italian I can basically instantly reply with no issues or mixing up the languages. Ig it’s down to individual experience because I’m my household my dad only spoke to me in Italian and my mum only in english so for example at the dinner table the switch between languages was and is always continuous. Chinese and English are also two very different language compared to English and Italian but who knows it’s interesting

[@franciscocz8384]

he memorized phrases and he repeats the same phrases in almost all his videos with some variations. And whenever there is something he doesnt understand or dont know how to reply, he cuts that part of the video.

[@JanPBtest]

If you can speak more than one language well, the switching between them is _very_ easy. It's learning them that's the hard part.

[@brojoe44]

@@franciscocz8384 still impressive a lot of people in my area in Florida refuse to even learn some basic English phrases.

[@ThiHills]

0:13 English 1:25 Chinese (Mandarin) 2:10 Italian 3:00 Portuguese 3:12 French 3:33 Thai 4:05 German 4:52 Korean 5:12 Tagalog 6:01 Hiligaynon 6:29 Dutch 6:39 Afrikaans 7:00 Spanish 8:16 Catalan 8:37 Vietnamese 8:51 Russian 10:02 Swedish 10:33 Danish 11:11 Jamaican Creole 11:46 Buryat 12:04 Japanese 12:23 Greek

[@thafreaknl]

He forgot to speak Indonesian, which I know he can.

[@johnraina4828]

His swedish is very good but with a thick accent

[@sintaxera]

Pretty sure he speaks arabic and turkish

[@thafreaknl]

You are right. Also those two languages.. This man is amazing.

[@buddy1155]

You know you speak a lot of languages if you forget a few :)

[@SwedishLatino]

For speakting 23 languages, I can say that his spanish is quite good. We can't expect much from his dialect, which still is okay, but his grammar is what is the more impressive. His Catalan is also good. Portugese and italian as well lol His japanese dialect was less good though, but still, crazy skills. Hats off man!

[@030Cappucino]

His German was not bad either ... He made very little mistakes but it was fine.

[@TakiMitsuha2016]

Japanese was just reading a text bro. Boys or men don't use Watashi wa its Boku wa for boys ot man

[@ali3lia]

Wouter: Speaking 23 languages Xioma: Loading…

[@franchisefred4066]

Solly. Me only sapeek china lol

[@_Shadbolt_]

I think Xioma only really speaks about 4 or 5 to any level really - Mandarin, Cantonese, Fuzhounese, Spanish and maybe another Chinese language? Everything else he's spoken online is more like after a bit of intensive training, which he doesn't speak outside of his vids (like french, wolof, Italian, the american language etc). They're both great polyglots, but approach it in different ways, and Wouter's way is definitely more about quantity.

[@sirsquirrel0]

Overwhelmed 😂

[@Matt-jc2ml]

​@@_Shadbolt_ his mandarin and Cantonese is good. His spanish is basic. His fuzhounese doesn't seem very developed either, it's just shocking to hear someone speak it

[@jimr8907]

I's a 68 year old person that only speaks english. This is so inspirational and I hope others ac find that inspirational feeling in this video. Great job guys

[@lawtraf8008]

Love you Jim, where are you from ?

[@TheRealSlimShady509]

Never too late to start

[@LesserMoffHootkins]

@@TheRealSlimShady509 He can become fluent just in time to die.

[@LLsunflower]

@@LesserMoffHootkins it's about the journey, not the destination

[@LesserMoffHootkins]

@@LLsunflower And the friends we make along the way.

[@drewbooker]

Inspirational is a very accurate description of Woulter. I have a terminal illness and on two different immuno-supressive chemo treatments; one that directly targets my lungs. COVID has been extra hard. His channel pulled me out of deep depression by reminding me of my childhood passion for languages. Thank you Woulter and thank you Xiaoma for using your well earned fame to help him. Danke, Merci, Gratzi, Gracias, XieXie and hopefully many for thanks to come.

[@liamzeyle4283]

I'm so sorry for your situation... I can't imagine what you must be going through. I hope you'll make it out somehow, and sending you much love and strength!

[@patrickskehill5589]

So sorry to hear your news brother. God bless you 🙏

[@drewbooker]

@@liamzeyle4283 Strength in love, even a stranger on the internet. Thanks.

[@drewbooker]

@@patrickskehill5589 everybody has trouble. I just wanted Wouter to know how our shared love inspired me not to quit. Thank you for your thoughts.

[@MJ-um8pv]

You got this man! Stay strong.

[@IRuinEvrything]

this is the best. after watching Xiaoma shock everyone by speaking their languages, to see his brain slowly fry while Wouter code switches like an amphibian was what we really needed.

[@WilmaWestenberg]

So cool to see you collab with a Dutchie!

[@eliotsalgado9908]

With that name you must be Swedish

[@PetraStaal]

@@eliotsalgado9908 my guess is Wilma is Dutch.

[@eliotsalgado9908]

@@PetraStaal ive never met a dutch with that name, but in Sweden I met so many wilmas

[@UberHummus]

I collab with a dutchie whenever I can't find any backwoods. .. sorry to have made a silly stoner joke on your KZbin comment xD

[@SamTheManFromAmsterdam]

@@eliotsalgado9908 She’s probably a Dutchie. The name Wilma is also an old Dutch name.

[@kamiyaichirou5323]

As a Filipino, I really appreciate his expertise on our language.

[@Von199X]

He has basic Tagalog level.

[@ladylibrum7145]

I love his humble attitude! He is open to correction, and wants to use language to make connections with people, not brag about his ability. The fear of making mistakes and being laughed at stops people from learning new things.

[@gotivanmomak]

100% agree!

[@sakkiekibido1665]

His Afrikaans accent was classic. But he spoke it nicely. i love how you never got mixed up with dutch, German and Afrikaans as they are so similar. I can speak them too. welldone. love your chinese too

[@kovir2555]

Very cool to finally hear some german on this channel. Because with the other languages i couldn‘t assess the skills. His german was very good, native expressions. You guys are truly amazing

[@bogdanstamenic2836]

Yeah, his German's good but he's got a heavy dutch accent😂 Perfectly understandable, but it's obviously not his native language 😂

[@865style]

I like how he said he's not trying to brag by speaking so many languages, but that he wants to be an inspiration. What he's doing is showing what the human brain is capable of IF you're willing to do the work. Its insanely impressive that he can speak 26 or 29 languages fluently. But in my opinion what's more impressive is how much work and time he put into learning all of this.

[@mpforeverunlimited]

He can speak 6 fluently, not 29. That's what he said in the video

[@tallll70]

if you willing to do the work is the key... i have nothing but admiration for these people and thanks for publishing these things we can all have inspiration

[@guytansbariva2295]

Come on humans, get your numbers right. He can speak in 23, 6 fluently. He's a modern Polymath. Xiaonyc, man I know it's like you met your idol. Life is Good Sim?

[@aportexaporte]

I'm Argentine and his level of Spanish is really so good. While he's not fluent and had a little mistake, it's really impressive that he can speak so many languages ​​so well. Congratulate you

[@garanteicierto706]

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[@CorvusLeukos]

Mal, tuvo un par de errores pero aún así estuvo re bien

[@masiosareiii4915]

Habló español de España pero aún le falta el español chileno, es tan difícil que ni los chilenos se entienden 😂

[@lucianolima2609]

Igual con ese nivel de español yo le entendí todo, más allá de los errores no creo que tenga ningún tipo de problema para comunicarse

[@holoholopainen1627]

Does People at South America speak English ?

[@silveriosierra6405]

His French and Spanish are pretty good, his fluency is impressive even if the pronunciation is a bit rough around the ages. Yet he is eons ahead of any non-native speaker of those languages. Truly inspiring individual.

[@laurengriffin7826]

Much better than my Spanish! (Kind note about this English saying: rough around the *edges)

[@TeluguSuperhumans]

Very happy to see Wouter here. 😊

[@whatsilviadid3993]

As a Catalan living in China, I highly appreciate that he spent his time learning Catalan. It is true that speaking many languages makes people become closer and understand each other much better. He should be proud of himself!

[@MackenzieKuenz]

i would love to learn catalan

[@ruilanguage]

i speak a little bit catalan, i made a video in Catalan, if you check it on my youtube channel, can you let me know my pronouciation problem in any words of catalan, thank you!

[@jotasdomingo2123]

@@MackenzieKuenz start by listening to txarango and blaumut to see how it sounds, you'll love it! :)

[@hannofranz7973]

Com alemá vivint a València pense que parlar llengues com el xino mandarin o cantonés, thai, japonés es de altra categoría ya. Les llengues europeos parteixen dels mateixos arrels indoeuropeos. Ho fa molt mes fácil.

[@compashinpei]

Jo tambe estic aprent catala (soc japones)

[@cozyscentshaven]

He really loves to connect with people. What an inspirational driving force to learn languages.

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

❤❤👍👍

[@nikoah-ix]

His tagalog was spot on. His accent is not native speaker level but amazing nonetheless. I'm sure he can already carry a conversation in our language.

[@berlyjohnvargas7706]

I can't believe that he can also speak Bisaya (Hiligaynon), my mother tongue, and also tagalog, our national language. That is extraordinary!!!! ♥ Love it! What a genius!

[@karltorento3358]

He really can’t. He just know 2-3 sentences.

[@grahamduff7383]

@@karltorento3358 wow we got a hater in the chat

[@S_Huncho]

@@karltorento3358 Well what do you expect? He has to remember so many accents, words, pronunciation... do you expect him to know every language fluently?

[@cedricleeakadominic]

@@karltorento3358 Kaya nga sinabing may "levels" daw siya ng pagsasalita ng iba-ibang mga wika eh.

[@Rose-xm4og]

@@karltorento3358 that's so negative

[@simonavecchiotti6039]

When you learned so many languages you realise that many word are similar and MAYBE can be easily, I speak four languages and I get mad just to hear this guy. All my big respect. Chapeau !

[@jonathancsoy]

Moses would be so proud of you guys. R.I.P Moses.

[@jonathancsoy]

@@koenw heart attack

[@frankie-nm5gm]

Rip Moses 🙏🏼

[@Jonases_20]

@@koenw hi im gay and i love men

[@viccenzo_idesmar]

He's looking down on this and smiling for sure

[@viccenzo_idesmar]

@@koenw check out his brother's channel Deception Stoppers. He believes Moses' death was murder. In one of his videos he shows a picture of Moses on the hospital bed and it looks like he was attacked. He constantly gives updates about legal action he's taking against who he believes is behind it.

[@johndgt]

being a russian native speaker i would say his russian is pretty well. it's far from perfect but i could get a conversation with him in russian with no problem at all.

[@orzuodinaev3067]

Хуета у него русский, что ты пиздишь

[@JR_Donofrio]

Wouter is a legend in the language learning community on KZbin and so is LaoShu Rest In Peace

[@CassieeeJordan]

When did LaoShu die?

[@PetraStaal]

@@CassieeeJordan March 4 2021

[@arturohull14161]

LaoShu was brilliant at languages.

[@Mr4CS]

@@PetraStaal bro it's been 2 years already, damnnn. RIP mouse

[@PetraStaal]

@@Mr4CS yeah two years. But I am not a bro.

[@VikingTerror]

Dane here. I could understand the danish bit perfectly, although there were a few hiccups with the grammar. And he's absolutely right. The hardest part about danish is by far the pronunciation. Prince Henrik of Denmark was french but was Prince of Denmark for over 50 years. He never learned the pronounciation without a thick accent, which danes always made fun of. It IS HARD! So kudos to you Wouter!

[@sixtenbignerafklintberg7662]

His Swedish was basically perfect, of course he has an accent but I honestly couldn't hear more than 1-2 grammatical errors. Extremely impressive.

[@randomnumbers710]

your comment made me smile

[@jeppepuus]

Men han blander mange ord mellom dansk og svensk. Er selv nordmann, men ville ikke sagt at jeg snakker svensk og dansk, selv om jeg er mye bedre enn han i begge språkene. Snakker spansk på et nivå mye høyere enn dansken hans, men ville selv om ikke sagt at jeg snakker det. Skal selvsagt ikke ta noe i fra han, det er mektig imponerende det han kan, men ser ikke helt appellen ved å lære så mange språk, men ikke mestre dem. Ville heller snakket 5 språk perfekt enn å kunne litt av 23.

[@eggbeater55]

Enig, jeg er så imponeret over hvor godt hans dansk er, særligt taget i betragtning af hvor lille vores land er, og hvor svært sproget er, sgu' ik' bare lige til at fyre danske vendinger af medmindre man har nærstuderet lortet i længere tid

[@holoholopainen1627]

Prince Henrik was French ?

[@Silv1a]

Outstanding, what a gift. All languages and cultures are beautiful. It is truly a blessing to speak in another tongue.

[@Mathias.Soderlund]

Wow, I immediately started smiling when you spoke Swedish, that was very good man. The pronunciation is good and you even developed some grammar which is quite tricky in our language. I am truly fascinated by your skills in different languages, aim for the sky!

[@TheGreatBackUpVIDEOS]

I very recently started Swedish and my main issue is being able to remember en vs ett (I've gotten so many questions wrong cus I couldn't remember if apelsin and citron are both en or just apelsin...not helped by the fact that I cannot see myself talking about lemons regularly) and how nouns inflect. Example from earlier today: Tjej, well MT is no good here because it likes to default to Flicka, and I didn't know any site that listed how to say: the plural, the "the" form and the "the" form's plural. I'm sure there is some logic but I've not picked it up by doing the bare minimum of 2 daily lessons on Duolingo. Will say though, VERY cool language (And I adore the word for spider, Jag tycker om spindeln.)

[@Allexz]

@@TheGreatBackUpVIDEOS Don't worry too much about en/ett, for kids born in sweden it comes naturally with years of training. Most people who didnt grow up here will be mistaking en/ett every now and then and with time they learn. In fact, as a swede, i had to google when to use en/ett as i don't know any logic behind it. It's just natural.... About the plural form(s) we dont use another word prior to the actual word such as (the) girl. We bend the actual word instead. one/En flick(a), two/två flick(or), the/they/them = flick(orna) the girls (thing) flick(ornas)..... man/män/männen,männens, apelsin,apelsinen,apelsinerna,apelsinernas, fisk,fisken,fiskarna,fiskens,fiskarnas etc :D you can find me at discord with the same nickname as here if you want to

[@TheGrindelwald]

@@TheGreatBackUpVIDEOS what is most common for sure is “en”. This is your default. Then I hand out a list of plurals including some “en”-words and a lot of “ett”-words. We have so many ways of plural. Some are more common than others. And a lot of ett-words use the same word for plural as singular, such as: hus, glas, ben, får, öl

[@fromreinalyn]

I can speak 5 languages, which are Filipino, Spanish, French, English and Italian. I’d like to learn many more languages and be just like you guys. You are inspiring!! ☺️

[@chrisl3193]

That's amazing!

[@UnknownSociopath]

You mean Tagalog? Filipino isn’t a language lol

[@Itsugo]

@@UnknownSociopath Filipino is most definitely a language. As a matter of fact, it’s one of the 2 official languages of the Philippines.

[@christiank7837]

@@UnknownSociopath 🤡

[@Tosiekable]

How do you learn them

[@Rainysaur]

Bruh that Tagalog and Hiligaynon is simply unique and precise, i'm really shookt.

[@MINECAT3]

Him adding Catalan, there... fills my hearth really. We're just 8M speakers, it's incredible he decided to learn Catalan, and he truly speaks it very well! Awesome video

[@karambaw]

my biggest question here is, and I am wondering why you never ask your guests: how their parents supported their learning process? where they born in multi language families? did they learn at school, private classes, how it's happening they have such an ease to learn, to absorb those languages?

[@RT-qd8yl]

I've been personally attacked by family, friends, and strangers just for learning Russian... I hope the situation was better for him.

[@triple7marc]

He seems like a middle-aged guy. He probably doesn't live with his parents or care what they think.

[@linasithlady7377]

To be fair, Dutch education includes four languages up until high school and seven in the higher tiers. So we have a bit of a head start. 😉

[@twrbo6691]

started learning 9 years ago he said, with that being said he was an adult, no need for his parents opinion even if they disliked it.

[@samcyam]

I'm English speaking and I can say he speaks the English language perfectly. 😁

[@heartsthekitteh6239]

@@Leo23XR Yeah he definitely sounds foreign, but his fluency and intelligibility is very high

[@christophercolumbus8944]

no he doesn't pay attention

[@christophercolumbus8944]

you don't even speak english properly by your writing

[@gordonliu3972]

Thanks for clearing that up. 🤣

[@FC-BS]

😂

[@amsar3819]

I have a giant smile because I’m watching someone I admire watch and listen to someone they admire. This is incredible!! Thank you both.

[@anfosjordasala2411]

Wow, he even speaks Catalan, my native language. That is not really common to find! Congratulations on your language learning ability and for this video!

[@airanleon8538]

a mi també, magradarie poder parla Catala! i Ballar unes Sardanes!!

[@holoholopainen1627]

Catalan - howmany People knows catalan ? IS IT a written Language or just spoken ?

[@sen4744]

@@holoholopainen1627 written and spoken by about 9 million people in catalonia, valencia and andorra mostly

[@tonogc2758]

@@sen4744 En Valencia se habla Valenciano colega

[@gerardrius7065]

@@tonogc2758 🤣Que sí, Que sí... no seré yo quien te diga lo contrario. Qué pena que solo defendáis el valenciano cuando os dicen que en valencia se habla catalán pero luego para escuchar valenciano tengas que salir de la ciudad porque debe ser poco cool que te oigan hablándolo pudiendo hablar español, claro.

[@neksyt7756]

I’m Swedish and his Swedish was decent! I understood everything, of course it’s a bit off with many words but it’s so extremely impressive that he can speak so many languages

[@Csgo-beast]

What's a bit off? I speak Swedish and his grammar was perfect. The only thing off is that he pronounced "mycket" wrong other than that it was almost perfect.

[@marhen4283]

@@Csgo-beast Not perfect, mixed the order of some words, but still impressive.

[@Csgo-beast]

@@marhen4283 He didn't miss the order of any words. Om han gjorde det säg till vilka isåfall...

[@ryanturner8577]

I'm Swedish but don't really speak it (american) but am trying to learn it. Pronunciation and inflection is the hardest part.

[@92svensk]

Hans svenska var ju bra

[@piemiller4433]

Wouter Corduwener…. Mabuhay ! Ang Hiligaynon kag Tagalog mo , manami gid! I can understand 7 Pilipino dialects because we lived in so many places all over the Philippines growing up but my family is from Panay Island.

[@virusbebola]

So impressive! I can speak Italian, English and Russian: he speaks well, you can hear an accent, but of course… we are talking about 23 languages… amazing !

[@WesleyAPEX]

I can speak, read and write 3 languages, Italian, Spanish and English. My Italian is by far my weakest though.

[@yuremm21]

parli italiano?

[@davejohnson3822]

Can you speak these languages while explaining computer engineering, business or any other expertise? or only simpleton conversation like ni hao?

[@stonerawks9882]

@@davejohnson3822 Dumb comparison. Most native speakers of a language probably can't hold an extremely technical, business conversation in their own language, that doesn't imply they possess poor vocabulary or that their proficiency is dependant on a specific job or skill. I'm pretty sure you can't explain in your native language the technical subtleties of say, how bricks are stacked efficiently, what a surgeon does when they cut you open and perform a heart transplant. Very dumb comparison. Most people are ignorant regardless of the languages they speak.

[@davejohnson3822]

@@stonerawks9882 - idiot- They will at least make an attempt that will miss the target but come somewhere in the vicinity. loser.

[@davejohnson3822]

@@Valya_OwO - I think you need to take your pill

[@daniellealessi1838]

You guys have a gift…thank you for sharing this with the world and by doing so uniting the world

[@troels1979]

This makes me think of Laushu. RIP Moses. Great to see people carrying on the torch.

[@rkk1199]

The only one who nailed Finnish language in 2 months

[@kaylanschlosser3694]

Absolutely rip, he was such an awesome dude loved his videos, very sad when I heard he had passed. Far too young.

[@gmaulpker4765]

His death was suspicious as the biggest language entertainer. I don't believe he died from heart attack.

[@yusufnoname1949]

Yeah....i'm indonesian and big fan of moses too.....too bad he was passed away I'm not gonna watch another channel if moses still alive and active

[@GamesRealmTV]

What do you mean by RIP? C'mon ...

[@АлександрАнтипов-ю1м]

Its not just u, everybody was shocked! Dude’s strong!

[@grparkourgr]

His Greek was right on point, almost no mistakes which is very impressive.

[@absolutedomination5254]

it really wasnt bro dont reach

[@grparkourgr]

@@absolutedomination5254 What are you saying? He had a few pronunciation mistakes but the grammar was spot on. I've heard "natives" make more mistakes than this. This dude speaks over 23 languages give him a break maybe?

[@absolutedomination5254]

@@grparkourgr few pronunciation mistakes? mate try to be serious , he almost didint pronounce anything corecly u could tell from the first second.

[@grparkourgr]

@@absolutedomination5254 Mate, i am not sure what language level you expected when he clearly said "i speak a little Greek". He tried and did a good job with speaking the language. If you don't think so that's your opinion and that's fine. I am not seeing the reason of why we should argue about it anymore.

[@ronaldmcdonald8005]

HE SOUNDED LIKE A MALAKA ..DONT LIE

[@kimmychan7725]

OMG I am from south africa, and his afrikaans is so on point I am impressed, this dude is awesome!!

[@MickJaggerr1]

ja bru

[@thom9455]

That’s because he is Dutch

[@MickJaggerr1]

@@thom9455 nooit bru

[@gmaulpker4765]

Afrikaans isn't based in Africa. Africans were outsourced from Northern America despite the fake history taught in schools

[@PetraStaal]

@@gmaulpker4765 what?! 😲😲

[@claytonetue274]

The coolest thing ever, like I study religions, cultures and histories, but the languages is the last thing, like I know some French and I'm almost fluent in Spanish, know a little bit of Italian. You guys though are just amazing and inspiring

[@GODHATESADOPTION]

Learn koine greek

[@tiffaniecross2209]

I also enjoy learning about other religions and philosophies. Because I’m a person who believes it’s possible to agree to disagree. I love being able to have an interesting conversation with people of different faiths. I want to understand the paths through which others find peace.

[@GODHATESADOPTION]

@@tiffaniecross2209 learn they are all false except Jesus

[@GODHATESADOPTION]

@@tiffaniecross2209 thats all thats important, they are ALL satanism

[@GODHATESADOPTION]

Finnochio thats italian for you

[@KlarkeKen]

Wow, I am a Filipino but I am not aware of the name "hiligaynon" until now. 🤤 Though I understood it. It's a mix languages around Visayas. This is not just a talent but an extraordinary gift. 👍

[@gregburns9534]

I'm so inspired by the both of you to learn Tagalog/Cebuano, my girlfriend's native language. Thank you.

[@manofculture6803]

I'm a Filipino Cebuano, what are the odds? Ayo ayo mong duha sa inyong pag hinigugmaay.

[@twinceptionproductions6083]

This is one collab that I was not expecting, but I’m so happy to see it! Two of my favorite polyglots on KZbin, I’m gonna watch the whole thing!

[@thafreaknl]

Word

[@dalekwatcher]

💯 👌🏽

[@ColorJoyLynnH]

So wonderful for you two to connect. There is nothing like finding someone who loves the same thing you do, and goes deep enough to really understand.

[@musicismoreimportantthanyo9246]

4:19 German His reaction 😑

[@christophercolumbus8944]

so he can go to any country and marry someone he can have 23 wives essentially

[@morningcoffeesubs9008]

I'm native german and I must say that his german was already very good. He made a few small mistakes here and there but generally he sounds like he lived in germany for a while already. Super impressive!

[@WilmaWestenberg]

He's Dutch and here in the Netherlands we learn German in high school :D

[@Salsaholic1978]

@@WilmaWestenberg I was just about to make the same remark as a fellow Dutchie 😂

[@sooo_7434]

Ja so was habe ich noch gesehen das jemand so viele Sprachen spricht … mega krass

[@Thematic2177]

He's Dutch which is already a language very similar to German

[@gmaulpker4765]

@@Thematic2177 beg to differ

[@bigredaaron1979]

This video deserves more views in all languages... I'm happy you two finally met. I'm a fan of both channels.Thanks for posting. ~God Bless~

[@psalmeighty2six410]

I'm blown away. Its good to see young guys do what you 2 do. I'm 61 and learning Chinese and relearning German. it's not as easy for an older person like me, but it's not stopping me from learning. I grew up with Spanish and English. But that Chinese is a real challenge. ;It guys like you 2 that push me....

[@alinadiachyna9018]

Wow, you are cool!

[@markela18]

First of all that is crazy. His Greek is good enough to be understood and that is awesome. Great job!

[@meaganreilly7142]

An artist and polyglot! A true Renaissance man! I've learned tiny amounts of several languages (Polish, Dutch, Greek, Irish, Japanese, Hawaiian) and a slightly higher level in a few other languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian). It is such a beautiful challenge, and I've been inspired by this conversation to dig deeper, with more consistency, in a couple of those languages to really be able to identify as multilingual! I tried speaking Dutch in Amsterdam and was sorely disappointed when the person didnt understand me at all and just replied in English 😔😬😆

[@Dennis-ed4ye]

I don't think they didn't understand you. It's more of a cultural thing to immediately switch to English if someone doesn't comfortably speak Dutch (to the level of native language). For example in the Netherlands I would start my conversation in English if somebody looked like they aren't born here/lived here for many years.

[@GainDamage]

He has a great german vocabulary, don't see that very often, but then again Netherlands are next door. Most Dutch people near the german border can speak german pretty well.

[@GenesisNavarro13]

Soy mexicana (spanish) y puedo decir que entendí todo lo que dijo. No es perfecto, pero impresionantemente bien para hablar tantos idiomas, no confundirse y además hacerlo bien!

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

Me encanta espanol. Este idioma es muy bueno para mi. Yo quiero mejorar mi nevel de espanol

[@KneedsItsGat]

@@deutschmitpurple2918 la experienca es la madre de la ciencia

[@itsyaboyjay9862]

Si el es muy bueno, solo se escucha un poco raro

[@elbryan4751]

@@itsyaboyjay9862 un*

[@itsyaboyjay9862]

@@elbryan4751 accidenté

[@churrosforsuros2565]

Wouter is so under rated, i hope wouter gets more views wich he deserves. Its an happy funny helpfull guy, As my neighbour i hope the best for him✌🇳🇱

[@Panameño1992]

Agree 100%

[@gmaulpker4765]

If he was say an avid drinker and a wild personality his channel would insanely blow up

[@tedli4523]

I also speak more than ten languages.this guy is my hero, every time I watch his video I learn something new.amazing guy.thanyou.

[@luisgonzalez3304]

Wouter is right: Languages are an important key to meet and make friends with people from different cultures and travels are a great way to throw down prejudices. In my case, besides Spanish (my native languages), I also speak Portuguese, French, English, Russian; I know some German and Arabic (Egyptian dialect) and I'm currently learning Chinese. Through languages I have met a lot of people and it's incredibly beneficial for mind to learn another ways to think and express oneself.

[@Rose-pe4cg]

Fascinating. I’m over here fluent in English and have been trying to learn Spanish for over a decade. I just do not practice enough or have the immersion.

[@whengrapespop5728]

It impressive, although I think it would be difficult for him to keep up a casual conversation in a few languages, which is why I think he tends to keep saying “I love the country, I want to learn the language”. However, he does seem to know enough to ask and learn through conversations in each language.

[@jvboys2625]

What this guy did is crazy, I hope he gets the exposure on YT that he deserves. I'm also really glad Xiaoman created a video with him

[@Cxp34]

The guy has 50M views on YT so not exactly unknown!

[@roelhelmond9121]

As a dutchy living in Vietnam as an English teacher, I have to say we have a bit of a head start as it comes to languages. There are like 5 languages that are fairly close to Dutch and being in Europe we have easier access to many different languages of which some are pretty similar as well. Besides that even though we have a very small country we have over 600 dialects so we are used to pick up on variations of languages more easily. Not to take anything away from Wouter since he's mind boggling. Also Dutch has a very wide range of sounds and tones so pronunciation in most cases for us is a bit more easy to pick up as for example an English speaking person. I've been living in Vietnam for almost 4 yrs and I hardly speak any Vietnamese apart from the basics because I usually hang around with English speaking people and did not put a whole lot effort into it. That being said I can read and speak it fairly well without knowing what I'm saying. I can sing karaoke with almost perfect pronunciation even though I have no clue what I'm singing about. For Vietnamese or a lot of Asians in general it's very hard to speak a western language mainly because they never used their mouth/tongue in a certain way that westerners do when speaking. Yes you xiaoma and Wouter are differently in a different universe but I personally do think us Dutch have a head start for many different reasons.

[@nevillec5252]

How do you help the Vietnamese with their interchangeable liquids - that is, their arrrr vs ellll sounds? Most Orientals have this problem, and it must be frustrating for a teacher.

[@daikikaminari6360]

His french is not perfect but he can easily make him understand and he speaks it so fluently that we can agree to say he speaks french, this guy is awesome, he probably speaks better french than I speak english (even thought it's my 2nd language)

[@ericlind6581]

Well it was a bit short and probably something he’s repeated many many times. I wonder if he can really converse in French though, and not the usual hello how are you, how’s the weather stuff. His pronunciation needs work though. For example he said « plus de temps » and « plus de choses » incorrectly. It’s plusss not plu.

[@ivanmolero7829]

@@ericlind6581 Furthermore he said "manifique" instead of "magnifique" and "person" instead of "personnes".

[@andrewdunbar828]

I can hear his strong accent in Mandarin and very strong in Thai, but there's not many "internet polyglots" who have both breadth of many languages, and include multiple tonal languages. His Mandarin sounded fluent to me but his Thai sounded more rudimentary. Both are way beyond my level. I'd like to see him in conversation with another Thai speaker such as Paddy or Stu Jay Raj or some Thai youtuber (-:

[@nickvas95]

I’d love to see you learn Greek and then bring it to Astoria in New York City!! That’d be awesome. Others who’d like to see this, please give thumbs up 🇬🇷

[@Sarah-gm9tq]

Xiaoma is definitely better with accents. The languages he leans into he sounds authentic in. Xiaoma definitely has auditory/language skills

[@melanchorly7618]

When he spoke Afrikaans he sounded like people from the south-west of South Africa. Really good stuff!

[@zulawoo]

Also in English you instantly hear he's Dutch haha

[@KANIME]

Yeah tbf he's Dutch so that one's kinda cheating

[@melanchorly7618]

@@KANIME I suppose he has an advantage, but as a native Afrikaans speaker I can confirm that they're really quite different (Dutch and Afrikaans). Lexically they're 95% similar, but grammatically they're different and Afrikaans is a mixture of Dutch, Portuguese, Khoisan languages, even Indonesian and English and other languages to a lesser extent, so it's mostly not mutually intelligible. There are also A LOT of words that are spelt and pronounced the same but have completely different meanings in the respective languages.

[@melanchorly7618]

@@zulawoo Where I'm from in South Africa (South-West), most people speak with an accent similar to his here. The northerners speak with a "round" pronunciation of vowel sounds whereas us southerners pronounce them sharply. In the south we also tend to leave out letter in pronounciation (e.g. The way he pronounced "Ons" as "Os" or "Nooit' as "Nooi"). The northerners enunciate the "R" sound a lot as well, they really roll it out. We don't do that in the south.

[@PetraStaal]

He repeats the same short simple phrases when he speaks Afrikaans. And I wonder why Wouter said "ons verstaan mekaar" when Xiaoma doesn't speak Afrikaans.

[@J-FLaw]

I was focused when watching him switch languages...1000% talented!!

[@RicAbapo]

His Tagalog and Hiligaynon feels like he learned it through google translate. Nevertheless, he’s amazing for considering to learn these two. Not many foreigners would want to learn a Philippine language let alone two! Kudos!

[@blinkrieg7464]

Same as Spanish.

[@absentbagel]

I can only for speak to his Spanish but it was totally understandable so, like he said, he is at a conversational level. Who cares if pronunciation is off? The point of language is to be able to share and understand ideas and emotion

[@RicAbapo]

@@absentbagel Did I ever say something about his pronunciation? Did I ever say he wasn't able to share his ideas and emotion? Did I ever say I didn't understand him?

[@apachekafka773]

​. You are too bitter about this guy... you Don't even know him in person but jealousy is about to kill you.

[@underratedgod6899]

It sucks he wasn't able to invite laoshu this would have a legendary video

[@unicodeq]

I thought the same I miss him a lot

[@underratedgod6899]

@@unicodeq we all do hes death was unexpected

[@mehdibouzid4392]

@@underratedgod6899 he was actually murdered.

[@itsallgoodman4339]

Italian is quite good, not fluent but you can understand every thing, nothing so deep just basic things but he didn’t do many errors 7/10

[@fanaticofmetal]

I would give him 8/10, his only mistakes were the articles some words and the accent, on the other hand it was perfectly understandble

[@tuopadre3739]

Parla meglio di molti italiani :)

[@fedefili9699]

@@fanaticofmetal he missed some conjugation of verbs but still impressive

[@nomadicperceptions]

Well... Actually his Italian is really good!

[@bobon123]

He is not fluent, in the sense that he stops for a second before some words, even when he speaks Dutch (his native language): it is a bit his way of speaking. But the Italian was pretty good, easily a B1. If he was fully improvising, higher than B1, but I guess that he prepared a bit this kind of short introductions. He is surely skilled enough to work or have a non-trivial conversation in Italian. Other than a "è difficile per parlare", I do not remember clear grammar mistakes (there was a "due settimani", but it is not clear if it was a grammar mistake or a pronunciation mistake, I would go for the second). While speaking it happens even to natives to mix up a sentence (you start saying "è difficile..." but then you shift to a different structure), especially if you are switching between 23 languages. When I am speaking Spanish or English (for work) and I switch back to Italian (my native language) I often make this kind of mistakes.

[@incocnicto]

This is so wholesome. You both clearly have a lot of respect for each other

[@MysteriousMM]

Omg! Imagine putting all the subtitles on for this video! XiaoMa is an expert at translating and putting these videos together!

[@tanyaholly3307]

🇯🇲💯 I'm impressed but when he breaks out the Jamaican accent I have the biggest smile on my face!! Biggup yourself!!!💛🇯🇲💯

[@kireiliev7553]

I speak German, English, Spanish, many balkan languages (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian) and Russian. I would like to learn French and Italian as next. You are such an inspiration!

[@alendo3858]

I'm german and his german is amazing. I could easily understand everything! To be honest, he actually surprised me with his german because german grammar is extremely difficult. Aside from his accent, you could think he's german. I've been learning chinese for the past couple months and let me tell you, chinese by itself is very difficult, but this guy is absolutely crazy!

[@jekentmenietje]

German is relatively easy for native Dutch speakers, we all learn some at school. I forgot most of my German sadly, but I can usually understand it quite easily

[@Ben7x26]

@@jekentmenietje Dutch and German are very similar.

[@villeporttila5161]

I'm sorry but 'being able to understand everything' is a pretty low bar

[@diggernicks]

Im Dutch and I started learning German now since 2 months. I must say that I find the grammar by far the easiest part, this because the way of conjugation is almost the same. I would say that I'm almost at the level of wouter now

[@alendo3858]

@@jekentmenietje true, didnt think about that

[@chetan3144]

2 living legends in my opinion coming together. This is amazing , if only we could have a third person to join , RIP, Moses McCormack, Laushu. If you know you know.

[@kimokkimok]

Many people in comments are impressed by this dude speaking their languages but not as impressed as me (Buryat). It caught me by surprise. What a random language to learn by Dutch. It's not as good as his Russian but it's understandable. Very impressive.

[@Muneei]

нээрээ, би ямар ехээр гайхаад лэ байгаа гэжэ ши мэдэхэгүй байна

[@alejandroalvarezuribe2173]

This is inspiring. I can speak Spanish, English, German and Italian and I can understand a little bit of French, Catalan, Portuguese and Dutch. Being able to speak 23 languages is amazing, I hope to learn some of those.

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

I am learning Spanish and French

[@TheMatps]

You can also start to make videos.

[@UniversalChill]

Well im inspired so if there's any Korean speakers reading this let's have a video call cos i want to learn/practice 😂

[@farukon509]

my boy sadchill is here??

[@timdixon32]

I’m Korean raised in US. So relearning, I used “Talk to Me in Korean.” They have a podcast, books, online lessons

[@royakonopka7072]

I ditched ttmik and really started studying with how to study korean instead (combined with memrise) but in reality what really makes it is a good mix of many different sources imo

[@jesus7289]

@@farukon509 pfp checks out

[@souutu]

hello lets call i'm korean born and raised in japan but i speak korean

[@leopol462]

and if anyone is wondering why its 22 languages and not 23 english is the 23rd he is crazy good !!!

[@ncoppens]

I think it is easier for a Dutch person to learn new languages. We have been raised on tv in different languages with subtitles and the Netherlands is a very culturally diverse country that was built on trade with other countries. If you only speak Dutch you won't be able to communicate far outside of your border so standard in school you learn English and basic French and German. Learning multiple languages as a child also trains your brain to learn languages easier in later life.

[@letswalkaroundstockholm]

This guy is amazing, he connects with everyone.

[@spulwasser]

I tried to learn Danish for fun once on Duolingo... since they're our neighbours (I'm German). But gosh, was that complicated😂 they just "swallow" some parts of the words and I never knew wich ones! I changed to Swedish then🤣

[@Jake-he1si]

You should try Norwegian, alot of similar words

[@factsaroundtheworld123]

Don’t try Finnish!!! As a Finn I don’t recommend

[@sunnyallegra]

😂🤣🤣

[@nevillec5252]

I believe the Danes are like the French of Scandinavia - they elide a lot of consonants. A Danish friend once told me that Norwegian is probably the best Nordic language to learn, as it is sort of halfway between Danish and Swedish. Swedish may be the hardest one to learn (Icelandic is off the chart - quite similar to old Norse, I believe).

[@TheMatps]

Danish is really hard to start. Better Norwegian or Swedish.

[@5BIRDOG5]

Omg. His transitions are so smooth! I felt like I was listening to a song. Very pleasing.

[@Elphie204]

L1. English L2. American Sign Language 😍 (started learning at age 16. Have been interpreting since 20). L3. Spanish (work in progress). Ever thought about learning ASL Xiaoma? 😁

[@PierreMiniggio]

I was wondering, how different are sign languages from one country to another ? Cauz' I know that in France we have "LSF" (or FSL in english) I've had a few classes of that at school, but I forgot everything since I never used it. Like if you learn one of the national sign languages, how much does that help to learn another ?

[@Kevin-jc1fx]

Sign language is so underrated, more people who learn it. I tried to look into it but is seems like there isn't enough ressources about it out there. Unfortunately, it is very unlikely to meet people who know and use it so it feels a bit like wasted effort, especially if you move to another country. Can people from other countries understanding even parts of ASL?

[@Elphie204]

ASL is used in the US and Canada. The rest of the world, each country or region has their own sign language. I just fell in love with the language and the Deaf community.

[@Elphie204]

@@PierreMiniggio Hi missed this question earlier. I don't have any experience with trying to learn other sign languages myself, there has just never been any need or opportunity. But anecdotally, I have found while teaching homeschoolers in the past that kids who were already bilingual pick up the signs noticeably faster.

[@chenemuller3907]

Shocked to hear him switch over to Afrikaans so fluently! Truly amazing Wouter!

[@draco3970]

Its because the South African language is based on the Dutch language (what he was speaking before South African) :)

[@nevillec5252]

Afrikaans separated from Dutch about 400 years ago, and then both languages continued to evolve. So even though they have the same immediate roots, they are not completely mutually intelligible, as far as I know. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Wouter has added even more languages since this video was made. He now speaks several Indian languages too, which is not easy. I am fluent in Hindi, so I can say his Hindi isn't bad (pronunciation needs work), but he want ahead and learned Telegu and Gujarati and a couple of others too. The guy's a machine!

[@DreHill1]

​@@nevillec5252I am Dutch and I can understand Afrikaans, except for the words in Afrikaanse that don't come from Dutch. But I can still figure out what he means

[@nevillec5252]

@@DreHill1 It's pretty cool that the Dutch can still understand Afrikaans after so much time. Thanks for letting me know.

[@nevillec5252]

@@DreHill1 It's pretty cool that the Dutch can still understand Afrikaans after so much time. Thanks for letting me know.

[@Kroncong11]

Hands up for the both of you ! Xiaoma love your work especially when your buying food. And the will of learning more languages. And Wouter. That Dutch dude is so funny. Still can hear his Dutch accent, but that makes him so genuine. Keep surprising people and put a smile on our faces 🙏🏽

[@robertklose2140]

Just as with math or music, some people have a gift for languages. Good for him.

[@sabouma]

I think it is more of a passion, with a lot of work put into it. Just like with maths or music. If you want to do any of those you can also do it man😉

[@robertklose2140]

@@sabouma There are certain gifted people for whom these fields are self-evident. They learn at amazing speeds and with little effort.

[@Chad-qk1ig]

@@robertklose2140 kinda sounds like you're undermining the amount of effort people put into that shit but ok buddy

[@ramennoodles4335]

Yeah I've learned 3 languages and I have learned that hard work is better than talent

[@haivhmoob9644]

This guy will make alot of people losing their jobs at the airport

[@Dreamlink91]

I can speak Croatian, English, German, Swedish and It already feels that world Is so "unlocked" where ever I travel around the world. I realise that the more language I learn the easier Is to learn another one because some tones, verbs, phrases and so on are common with many languages but still 23 Is insanely Impressive.

[@darrell1829]

Can we get this guy to over 4 million subs? His language fluency deserves it 🗣

[@Yu5aku]

I'm Italian and I'm impressed. It's very hard to find foreign people that can speak with such a clear pronunciation and correct grammar. Italian is not an easy language to learn at all.

[@holoholopainen1627]

Everybody WHO Can sing IL Solo Italiano - or Olen suomalainen - on KZbin - Make Friends Quite easy !

[@Killerkarotte1]

Italian is easy with a Latin Background for example. 😉 I had Latin at school, so Italian was no problem for me. I am not fluent, but rock solid.

[@Yu5aku]

@@Killerkarotte1 yeah I can imagine. The only problem is: how many people outside Italy, and maybe France and Germany (?) have a solid background? :D

[@_MoRZiLLo50]

2 of my fav speaking together :) Es una maravilla escucharos hablar en español.

[@jorgemaisonetmimomio8565]

Es asombroso escucharles porque siempre me ha interesado poder comunicarme en diferentes idiomas and you both can do it in an amazing way. I hope someday I can have a small part of your talents to speak different languages! Saludos para ambos!