20-year-old Igbo lady wins International Award for speaking 11 foreign languages
The 20-year-old Favour Chisimdi Emerald Nwobodo made history by becoming fluent in 11 foreign languages.
Chisimidi is a linguist prodigy who speaks fluent Korean, Swahili, Shona, Indonesian, Filipino, Spanish, German, French, Chinese, English, and Igbo.
She learned to speak all the languages without ever leaving Igbo Territory.
According to reports, the 20-year-old prodigy is presently becoming fluent in the Yoruba language.
Language prodigy Favor Chisimidi is also working towards her goal of becoming a medical doctor. She has gained admission to study Medicine in UNN, Nnsuka.
She stated on LinkedIn that she “wrote my first research article on Linguistics in Business (how Linguistics helps in making businesses thrive) and submitted it to Harvard Business Review.”