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Today’s episode is called The Linguist and The Polyglot, where we discuss how advantageous it is for a linguist to be a polyglot. Linguists are, more often than not, thought to be students or professionals who learn many languages. While this is a misguided assumption, it isn’t rare for linguists to be polyglots.

With us today, we have Dr Chinmay Dharurkar, a professor of Linguistics and Translation Studies. Moreover, he is a polyglot and speaks several Indian languages. Listen to him talk about his journey of becoming a polyglot and how it has helped him as a linguist.