VIDEO: Four-year-old polyglot shows off skills in seven languages, including Arabic

Published October 20th, 2016 - 04:58 GMT
Devyatkina speaks Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German and Spanish fluently. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Devyatkina speaks Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German and Spanish fluently. (Screenshot from YouTube)

This little 4-year-old Russian girl went viral after she displayed her fluency in seven languages on the Russian TV show "Amazing People."

Bella Devyatkina, from Moscow, showed off her linguistic genius on Tuesday on the local TV show, according to Russian news website Weirdrussia.com.

During the show, Devyatkina spoke to several people onstage in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German and Spanish with ease, as well as talking to hosts in her native Russian.

Since then, the YouTube of the young polyglot has gone viral.

The secret to her linguistic prowess was revealed by Devyatkina's mother who said her daughter has multiple nannies who teach her each language.

Devyatkina is set to receive $16,000 if she wins the competition.

 

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