Many people of all ages get notoriety as a result of their extraordinary abilities and talents. Furthermore, certain people, like Chennai's 19-year-old Mahmood Akram, are endowed with even more exceptional talent.
What he has accomplished is best described as a marvel or super genius.
Mahmood Akram's ability to read, write, and type in 400 languages as well as speak 46 languages fluently is astounding and outstanding. Because of his linguistic prowess, he has gained recognition, world records, accolades, and admiration worldwide, propelling him both geographically and figuratively.
Akram got started early because he was drawn to languages. "I had struggled because I did not know the language of a particular state or country when I had to move to places like Israel, Spain, due to my job," explains his father, Shilbee Mozhippriyan, who is himself multilingual in sixteen languages. I did not wish for my son to be denied chances because of his language. We discussed languages when my wife and Akram were pregnant in the hopes that they might stimulate the interest of the unborn child. It appears to have been effective in Akram's situation.
"I began my trip when I was four years old. I learned the english alphabet in six days after my parents started teaching me Tamil. They were shocked," Akram says, adding that he just needed three weeks to learn the 299 tamil alphabets.
Akram rapidly became proficient in the old tamil scripts that Shilbee introduced him to, including Vatteluttu, Grantha, and Tamizhi. "By the time I was six, I had surpassed my father's knowledge and wanted to explore more languages on my own."
Akram was proficient in fifty languages by the time he was eight years old.
"Back in the day, I had to rely on a few textbooks and Omniglot (an online encyclopedia for writing and reading languages) to learn different languages," Akram recalls.
At the tender age of eight, he set his first world record as the youngest bilingual typewriter. "I typed and read several languages while posting a video to YouTube. I was asked to try a record by a world record organization in Punjab, and I did it," he remembers.
At the age of 10, Akram set his second world record by penning the indian national hymn in 20 languages in an hour. He also received the German Young Talent Award, where he faced off against 70 linguistic experts.
Akram was given the chance to finish his education in any european nation after taking part in a talent event. "I started high school at Danube international school in Vienna, Austria, on a scholarship," Akram recalls.
Akram is now working on several degrees. A bachelor's degree in animation from Alagappa university in Chennai, a bachelor's degree in english literature, and linguistics from the Open university in Milton Keynes, UK.
What he has accomplished is best described as a marvel or super genius.
Mahmood Akram's ability to read, write, and type in 400 languages as well as speak 46 languages fluently is astounding and outstanding. Because of his linguistic prowess, he has gained recognition, world records, accolades, and admiration worldwide, propelling him both geographically and figuratively.
Akram got started early because he was drawn to languages. "I had struggled because I did not know the language of a particular state or country when I had to move to places like Israel, Spain, due to my job," explains his father, Shilbee Mozhippriyan, who is himself multilingual in sixteen languages. I did not wish for my son to be denied chances because of his language. We discussed languages when my wife and Akram were pregnant in the hopes that they might stimulate the interest of the unborn child. It appears to have been effective in Akram's situation.
"I began my trip when I was four years old. I learned the english alphabet in six days after my parents started teaching me Tamil. They were shocked," Akram says, adding that he just needed three weeks to learn the 299 tamil alphabets.
Akram rapidly became proficient in the old tamil scripts that Shilbee introduced him to, including Vatteluttu, Grantha, and Tamizhi. "By the time I was six, I had surpassed my father's knowledge and wanted to explore more languages on my own."
Akram was proficient in fifty languages by the time he was eight years old.
"Back in the day, I had to rely on a few textbooks and Omniglot (an online encyclopedia for writing and reading languages) to learn different languages," Akram recalls.
At the tender age of eight, he set his first world record as the youngest bilingual typewriter. "I typed and read several languages while posting a video to YouTube. I was asked to try a record by a world record organization in Punjab, and I did it," he remembers.
At the age of 10, Akram set his second world record by penning the indian national hymn in 20 languages in an hour. He also received the German Young Talent Award, where he faced off against 70 linguistic experts.
Akram was given the chance to finish his education in any european nation after taking part in a talent event. "I started high school at Danube international school in Vienna, Austria, on a scholarship," Akram recalls.
Akram is now working on several degrees. A bachelor's degree in animation from Alagappa university in Chennai, a bachelor's degree in english literature, and linguistics from the Open university in Milton Keynes, UK.
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