Number 1 in languages

[timnz]

I'm wondering if djokovic is overtaking federer in this aspect.

Federer speaks Swiss German, German, English & French

Djokovic speaks Serbian, italian, German, English and I wondering if he speaks french he having lived in Monaco for a while. It will be interesting if he wins in Montreal what language he will give his speech in (French or English). You could add croatian but that is so similar to serbian that I don't know if he should get an extra language credit.

Anyone know if djokovic speaks french? Did I miss any other languages? Perhaps he speaks some Russian as well?

 

[vbranis]

I think El Aynaoui was the GOAT in this regard. He spoke 6 languages: Arabic, English, Portuguese, French, Spanish and Italian.

 

[Tennis_Monk]

I heard that Mahesh Bhupathi also spoke 6 languages. Not sure how accurate though.

 

[Sentinel]

I heard that Mahesh Bhupathi also spoke 6 languages. Not sure how accurate though.

I can guess Hindi, English and perhaps a couple of South Indian languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada or Malayalam (one of them being his mother tongue, most likely Tamil).

 

[dr325i]

I can guess Hindi, English and perhaps a couple of South Indian languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada or Malayalam (one of them being his mother tongue, most likely Tamil).

looking that way, Djokovic can speak Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian + Italian, English and German

 

[galain]

On the women's side, Dementieva was known for being fluent in more than a handful of languages.

 

[Tennis_Monk]

On the women's side, Dementieva was known for being fluent in more than a handful of languages.

Dementieva...ofcourse....Her looks speak my language

 

[rommil]

Serena of course..........aside from speaking American, she knows Belgian(waffles), French(toast), Swiss(chocolate), Thai(drunkin noodles), Malay(lakhsa), etc etc...........

 

[Sentinel]

Serena of course..........aside from speaking American, she knows Belgian(waffles), French(toast), Swiss(chocolate), Thai(drunkin noodles), Malay(lakhsa), etc etc...........

I was thinking French (fries), okay you got toast.

looking that way, Djokovic can speak Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian + Italian, English and German

I don't know about some of your options but let me tell you that the Indian languages I mentioned are not dialects, they are independent, and have their own scripts which are very different.

From the little i know, most European languages use the English alphabet -- sort of -- maybe some use accents and stuff, so that makes it a lot easier to learn. If English, French, Italian and German are separate languages, so are these.

 

[rommil]

I was thinking French (fries), okay you got toast.
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She is well versed in that vernacular too.

 

[Avles]

Didn't know Djokovic spoke Italian...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIK1js6pGUs

Accent sounds good and speech sounds natural to me (though I'm not Italian). He made a fair number of grammar/vocab errors, but then again he was probably upset about having lost to Verdasco....

I'd say his English is probably better than his Italian but it's still very impressive (especially from someone with a non-Romance native language).

 

[ChanceEncounter]

looking that way, Djokovic can speak Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian + Italian, English and German

What an ignorant comment. A Serbian and a Croatian can speak normally and comprehend each other. You can't speak Tamil and have a Hindi speaker comprehend you. They're not mutually intelligible and are entirely different languages.

What next? You'll say that someone who can speak German and English only knows the same amount of languages as someone who speaks French and French-Canadian? How about someone that speaks Portuguese and Brazilian-Portuguese? Or American English and British English? Please...

 

[MaiDee]

looking that way, Djokovic can speak Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian + Italian, English and German

He can't speak Slovenian (he understand), but can speak Montenegrian too.