Dear podcast listeners,

Today, I am happy to introduce you to a hyper-polyglot from India, Mahendra Acharya.

Mahendra speaks 13 different languages with varying fluency. Having mastered Kannada, Tulu, Hindi, Farsi, Russian, German, and English, and having reached an adequate level in Spanish, Lithuanian, and Greek, Mahendra is currently trying his hand at Arabic and Hungarian.

If you are curious to hear about Mahendra's learning techniques, experiences with different languages, and ideas regarding language migration and development, stick around to hear more!

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Timeline:

00:00 - Intro

01:23 - Does it get confusing being a polyglot?

03:59 - Learning Lithuanian

11:07 - How to learn different languages effectively?

19:17 - Sanskrit, Dravidian languages, and the Indian education system

30:57 - Should English be mandatory in India?

32:50 - Is Sanskrit a dead language like Latin?

37:07 - Is Russian closer to Sanskrit than Hindi?

43:37 - Sanskrit, Lithuanian, Persian and Russian cognates (mutual intelligibility)

48:42 - The Proto-Indo-European language theory and controversy

1:00:51 - Estonian and Basque

1:05:12 - What can linguistics teach us about history?

1:14:26 - The Native American and African languages

1:18:29 - How to maintain the languages that you have already learnt?

1:27:15 - Mahendra's tips for language learners and future polyglots

1:38:27 - Possible topics for the next podcast

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