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A polyglot is:

AAn illiterate

BOne who handles several languages

COne who knows only a language

DA lexical disability situation

Answer:

B. One who handles several languages

Read Explanation:

๐Ÿ“Œ A polyglot is someone who can speak, read, or write in many languages (usually more than two or three).
๐Ÿ“Œ The term comes from Greek: poly = many, glot = tongue/language.


๐Ÿ“ Example:

  • A person fluent in English, French, German, and Spanish is a polyglot.


๐Ÿ’ก Related terms:

  • Monolingual โ†’ speaks one language

  • Bilingual โ†’ speaks two languages

  • Multilingual โ†’ speaks several languages (similar to polyglot)


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