Polyglot|Language Coach

Richard Simcott: languages, method and verdict

British polyglot and founder of the Polyglot Conference (first held in Budapest), known for his calm multilingual videos and work as a language consultant.

The short answer

Richard Simcott is a British polyglot and co-founder of the Polyglot Conference, known for speaking a large number of European and other languages. This profile lists the languages, the method and the Kungfucius verdict on the claims.

20+Languages

1977Born

Nationality

British

Languages

Asian languages

Chinese (Mainland China Mandarin), Japanese

Signature method

Consistent daily contact and comparison across related languages

Key works

Polyglot: A Guide to Language Learning

Claimed vs verified

Claims to have studied over 50 languages and to speak around 16 to 20 well; demonstrations on video; not independently tested.

Founder of the Polyglot Conference and a language consultant; known for multilingual videos and consistent daily language contact.

Kungfucius says: Organised a conference so polyglots would stop cornering normal people at parties.

Kungfucius's view

Kungfucius has spoken with Richard Simcott in person, and can report that the reputation is deserved: his language skills are almost unmatched. What impresses most is not the number of languages but how naturally he moves between them in one conversation.

He is also one of the people who built the scene: the Polyglot Conference, which he co-organises, is listed with the other gatherings in the events calendar.

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