Polyglot

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Polyglot has several meanings:

• The property of speaking multiple languages
• A polyglot is a person who can speak many languages
• A polyglot is a book that contains the same text in more than one language, usually a Bible such as the Complutensian Polyglot Bible
• A polyglot is a language that is a combination of other languages
• A polyglot is a computer program that is valid in more than one programming language
• Polyglot may also refer to an amalgam of languages, such as those created when groups of people who speak different languages spend extended periods of time together. (see: Pidgin)
• The term linguist is often used to refer to a polyglot. But this usage should be distinguished from the use of linguist to refer to someone knowledgeable about the scientific study of language, linguistics.