Boy Genius Speaks 12 Different Languages

Meet the nine-year-old boy genius who can speak a staggering TWELVE different languages. The pyoungster has learned the incredible linguistic skills by selling souvenirs to tourists at the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia. He can can speak fluently in his native Khmer as well as English, Thai, Mandarin and French. The enterprising youngster also has conservational skills in Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, German, Filipino and Malaysian. The lad - who has not been named - was filmed speaking with a Malaysian tourist at the iconic religious site which sees more than two million visitors from around the world every year.