ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Polyglotism

Okay kiddo, so you know how we use words to talk to each other and understand what each other is saying? Well, some people can do that with more than one language! That means they can use different words and understand different ways of talking to communicate with different people.

When someone can do that, we call them a polyglot - that's just a fancy word for someone who can speak multiple languages. It's kind of like being a superhero, because they can use their powers of language to travel the world and talk to people who speak different languages than them.

Some people are born into families where they learn more than one language as they grow up, and others study really hard to learn new languages later in life. Either way, being able to speak more than one language is a really special talent that not everyone has, and it's something to be proud of!