The Kid Who Speaks 12 Languages

[Music] in cambodia there is a boy who can speak not just one or two or five languages but 12 different languages who is this boy why does he speak 12 languages and is he going to learn every language in the world [Music] in this house in the remote country of cambodia i found saliq [Music] for most of his life he lived in one of the poorest parts of cambodia spending most of his day selling souvenirs to tourists so instead of going to school like other kids salik had to work just so that his family could have a meal on the table come on every morning he would get up go to the nearby temples and sell to the tourists until one day he discovered something about himself he discovered that he's really good at languages no matter if it's chinese japanese or french [Music] could sing the foreign words fluently [Music] so he asked every tourist to teach him a new word and from the thousands of tourists that he helped he learned an entire language yes everything he learned was not from any class it was just from listening to tourists like one day someone filmed sally speaking multiple languages and uploaded the video online suddenly the internet went crazy about a boy selling souvenirs in cambodia who could speak more languages than adults he got on the news received tons of donations and even a scholarship to a university in china [Music] on facebook [Music] and the next thing he knew he was on a plane to china now he is getting a formal education so that he can make proper money to help his family his future kids and his future grandkids escape poverty [Music] [Music] [Music] tourists are the reason this kid has a scholarship to study in china tourism is how his family survived and will continue to survive covet 19 is killing tourism but it's also killing opportunities like this one let's hope for a world where people can travel freely learn from each other freely and empower each other to be better [Music] hey everybody thank you so much for watching nas daily nas means people in arabic humans and we are on a mission to show you the stories of humans from all around the world i'm actually very excited about the videos we're working on so please follow us on facebook and instagram so that you don't miss a video we think everybody in the world should watch them thank you and see you soon

Channel: Nas Daily

Views: 4,205,249

Keywords: Nas Daily, Nasmeanspeople, 1minute, Travel, Nuseir Yassin, Nas Studio, 英語学習, people, Nas Academy, Cambodia, 12 languages

Id: gjq44vyCjTQ

Length: 5min 30sec (330 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 12 2021