Introduction

How many languages would you like to speak? Do you agree that to have another language is to possess a second soul? Neil and Rob talk about polyglots and teach you some English vocabulary.

This week's question

The word polyglot comes from Greek and is made up of two parts: poly, which as Rob says, means ‘many’, and ‘glot’. But what does ‘glot’ mean? What is the meaning of the wordpolyglot? Is it:

a) many words?

b) many sounds?

c) many tongues?

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

210114_6min_english_polyglots.pdf