The most well-documented case of xenoglossy, however, concerned Swiss Medium Hélène Smith (1861-1929), who falsely claimed to speak the Martian language.
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Xenoglossy
//ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsi//
Synonyms for "xenoglossy" (3 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- زينوغلوسيا noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Catalan
1 entries- xenoglòssia noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 特殊语言能力 noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Czech
1 entries- xenoglosie noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Dutch
2 entries- xenoglossie noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
- xenolalie noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
French
1 entries- xénoglossie noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Galician
1 entries- xenoglosia noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
German
1 entries- Xenoglossie noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Greek
1 entries- ξενογλωσσία noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Hungarian
1 entries- xenoglosszia noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Indonesian
1 entries- xenoglosia noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Italian
1 entries- xenoglossia noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Korean
1 entries- 제노글로시 noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ksenoglosija noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Malay
1 entries- xenoglossia noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Persian
1 entries- زنوگلاسی noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Portuguese
1 entries- xenoglossia noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Russian
1 entries- ксеногло́ссия noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Spanish
1 entries- xenoglosia noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Turkish
1 entries- ksenoglosi noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ксеноголосія noun (knowledge of a language one has never learned)
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