Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 21 (ANI): An eight-year-old polyglot from Chennai has been attracting a lot of attention for his unique talent to read and write as many as 106 languages. With the help of the internet, especially YouTube, Niall Thoguluva learned a plethora of languages.He has also learned the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), which is a universal way to transcribe the sound of any spoken language to know its pronunciation.Speaking to ANI, Niall said, "I do not know how my interest in languages began. I can read and write over 106 languages and can fluently speak 10 languages. I am currently learning five new languages."The child prodigy is also teaching pronunciation skills to his parents. Lauding Niall's efforts to master over hundred languages at such a tender age, his father, Shankar Narayanan, said: "Last year, he started developing an interest for new languages and from there he took a great leap. Making use of the internet, he started learning one language after another." (ANI)

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