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Greece native Ioannis Ikonomou learned English at the age five, German at seven and Italian just shy of 10. He hasn't stopped since, and is currently mastering Albanian.Greek hyper-polyglot, speaks over 36 languages.More in this interview with Stergos Kastelloriou.

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Greece native Ioannis Ikonomou learned English at the age five, German at seven and Italian just shy of 10. He hasn't stopped since, and is currently mastering Albanian.Greek hyper-polyglot, speaks over 36 languages.More in this interview with Stergos Kastelloriou.

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