Quotes About Multilingualism

In 'Godha,' I was a Punjabi girl and had Hindi, English and Punjabi dialogues.

If you're talking about industry, I've never restricted myself to Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, or Kannada. Whichever the language is, from Swahili to Marathi or Bhojpuri to Bengali, I would be happy to do it.

I speak Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and English.

My Chinese name is Chen Wei. I can speak a tiny, tiny bit, just basically get around, but I understand it decently well.

She began to teach herself Esperanto, reciting phrases as she polished and swept.

I did Tamil film, 'Mehandi Circus.' I want to do Bangla cinema and other regional and foreign languages.

As I am a Bengali and am used to conversing in Bengali and English, I thought my Hindi would show an accent.

Language is not a barrier, specially Hindi. It is the only language I read, write and speak in and so it is far easier than South Indian languages.

You have to have a little humility if you're Danish because you're never going to be able to travel outside the country unless you can speak another language.

When I was growing up, I worried that people would dismiss me as a boring swot because I always had my nose in a vocabulary book - usually in French or German.

I must confess... I don't know any tongue but the Nether-Dutch.

Apart from English, I speak my mother tongue Malayalam, as well as Tamil, Telugu, and a bit of Kannada and French.

Tamil is almost like my mother tongue and for quite some time, I had been concentrating on Telugu.

I feel that as the world becomes more and more multicultural, it's a good tool to be able to speak another language.

A conversation in English in Finnish and in French can not be held at the same time nor with indifference ever or after a time.

I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in Spanish. I'd like to be a brain surgeon.

I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in Spanish. I'd like to be a brain surgeon.

I wish more Italian literature were translated and read in English. I've discovered so many extraordinary and diverse writers: Lalla Romano, Carlo Cassola. Beppe Fenoglio, Giorgio Manganelli, just to name a few.

She would speak her story in Spanish and la señora Maureen would tell hers in English; it was obvious to her that the two languages did not carry equal weight.

Just remember, when someone has an accent, it means that he knows one more language than you do.

Joder, padre. Es usted el único maldito políglota al que no le gusta hablar.

I can write in Latin, French, and common English. I will not, however, write in German; it is a barbaric tongue that curdles the ink.

Multilingualism in our nation extends back to several millennia. This multilingualism is an asset, a heritage we have inherited, and is, in fact, a resource we deeply cherish.

The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension.