Ziad Fazah, born in Liberia, brought up in Beirut and now living in Brazil, claims to be the world's greatest living polyglot, speaking a total of 59 world languages. He has been 'tested' on Spanish television, where it was not clear just how well he could communicate in some of them.

How many languages does the average polyglot speak?

Depending on who you ask, a polyglot could merely be someone who speaks more than two languages. Others would posit that a polyglot must speak at least four or five — in other words, a multilingual with a cherry on top.

What is the most languages spoken by one person?

But the most languages spoken by one person and who holds the Guinness book of records is Ziad Fazah. Fazah claims to be able to read and speak 58 languages including Arabic, Polish, Thai, Urdu, Norwegian, and many more.