Comments on: What about being pentalingual?

By: Adamzski

Adamzski — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:32:48 +0000

English, urdu, hindi, Gujrati, Burmese, Japanese and Turkish.

Fatality Currently attempting to master Polish.

By: Tululover

Tululover — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:53:57 +0000

Tulu have its own script ( similiar to Malayalam )

http://www.yakshagana.com/Tululipi.htm

Tulu Lover

By: Ananyam

Ananyam — Sat, 20 May 2006 17:01:11 +0000

Hi Ravikiran
One correction about Tulu. It did have a script. You may find loads of references on web about its script and origin.Tulu is now written in Kannada language (!!!).

By: Nitin

Nitin — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I was wondering about this too…do the benefits hit a maximum and then start wearing off.

By: Ravages

Ravages — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

They said Bi-lingual.

Are you falling prey to hasty generalisations Ravi?

Can a cartel member fall prey to this disease? Bad news, ain’t it?

By: Ramnath

Ramnath — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, Nitin. That risk is always there. I remember reading about a Harvard Medical School research on the effects of meditation on body.

The meditation technique was simple – deep breathing accompanied by repetition of either a number or a sylable. They measured things such as blood pressure, pulse rate and oxygen content in the blood. These were monitored every day over a period of time.

Some volunteers reported they were feeling great after these half-an-hour sessions. But in even those who didnt feel great, the researchers found meditation had a positive effect on bp, oxygen content etc.

However, those who meditated longer – for say 2, 3, 4 hours – didnt get these benefits.

Who knows, two languages may make your mind quicker, but a third one may slow it down.

By: Ravikiran Rao

Ravikiran Rao — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Ravages, If you carefully read the post, you will realise that no where have I claimed that learning 5 languages (actually 7 now. I can sort-of understand Tamil and Sanskrit) actually improved my mind. I was just professing curiousity about what effect it would have on my mind. Who is generalising hastily now?

By: Ravikiran Rao

Ravikiran Rao — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Ramnath, that must be because those who meditated for 2 hours-plus went off to sleep and suffered the ill-effects of sleep-deprivation rather than the beneficial effects of meditation.

By: Ravages

Ravages — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

But they havent explicity mentioned more than 2 languages. They have only mentioned two languages. That is where I think you are jumping to conclusions

By: Ravikiran Rao

Ravikiran Rao — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

But what conclusions did I jump to? I just bragged about knowing 5 languages that’s all