Here's How Many Languages Trevor Noah Really Speaks

While some entertainers learn another language in their lifetime, Trevor Noah can speak a total of eight languages (nine if you count comedy). It's reported that Noah speaks English, Xhosa, Zulu, Tsonga, Southern Sotho, Tswana, Afrikaans, and German. 

Noah has opened up about bullying and not fitting into school in the past, so one of the main reasons he took up languages was to feel like he had a place. 

His mother made English his first language so he'd get a leg up, and soon taught him her native language of Xhosa, which is one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. He also quickly learned his father's language of German, and the language of his oppressors, Afrikaans, since his father believed in learning the language of one's oppressors. He later learned many other African tribal languages throughout his life, (via Short Form).