A Canadian student at McGill University, Montreal has learned to speak 19 languages after dedicating more than 18,000 hours over the last decade to his love of linguistics.

Filmed on July 9, Georges Awaad demonstrates his linguistic ability by switching between languages as he speaks.

Georges Awaad’s teenage hobby has seen him become fluent in nine languages and able to chat conversationally in 10 others.

The native French speaker used a combination of online resources and school classes to become fluent in English, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, German, Japanese, Italian and Portuguese.

Georges, 20, can also speak Russian, Cantonese, Korean, Esperanto, Romanian, Swedish, Dutch, Hebrew, Georgian and Armenian at a conversational level.

A Canadian student at McGill University, Montreal has learned to speak 19 languages after dedicating more than 18,000 hours over the last decade to his love of linguistics.

Filmed on July 9, Georges Awaad demonstrates his linguistic ability by switching between languages as he speaks.

Georges Awaad’s teenage hobby has seen him become fluent in nine languages and able to chat conversationally in 10 others.

The native French speaker used a combination of online resources and school classes to become fluent in English, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, German, Japanese, Italian and Portuguese.

Georges, 20, can also speak Russian, Cantonese, Korean, Esperanto, Romanian, Swedish, Dutch, Hebrew, Georgian and Armenian at a conversational level.