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Who is Philip Crowther? AP journo praised for reporting in 5 languages and LUXEMBOURGISH!

Philip Crowther covered the Ukraine crisis using English, Luxembourgish, Spanish, Portuguese, French and German

A correspondent of AP news, Philip Crowther wowed his audience while covering the Ukraine crisis. Crowther spoke in not one, not two, but SIX different languages. The AP correspondent sounded quite fluent when he jumped between the languages.

In the viral clip, Crowther can be heard speaking in English, Luxembourgish, Spanish, Portuguese, French and German. He was reporting from Kyiv on Monday, February 21.

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Polyglot Philip Crowther is an international affilate correspondent for AP news (The Associated Press). Reporting on the Ukraine conflict with Russia, Crowther was in Kyiv to give his viewers updates on the situation. Crowther was speaking to a bunch of well-known news organizations as he was discussing the developments of the conflict in English, Luxembourgish, Spanish, Portuguese, French and German.

Proud of his work, he took to his Instagram and Twitter where he shared the clip and it has since gone viral. It was shared on Monday, Feb 21, at around 5 pm and had around 2 million views at the end of 24 hours. 

According to his bio shared on the social media handles, Crowther is from Luxembourg originally and reports in six languages from around the world. The comments under the clip are varying. While some found his ease with multiple languages commendable, others pointed out a few errors. One said, "There is no such language of "Luxembourgish"... They speak German and French in Luxembourg."

Another said, "More importantly, I stayed at the hotel behind the obelisk behind him, which has a restaurant next to the lobby which changes into a strip club with no warning at 10pm, regardless of whether you’re mid way through your dinner or not"

This user said, "Really impressive, Philip. I wonder, have you come across your comedian alter-ego, @YGVassilakis? One of his specialities is dubbing lines from famous shows in numerous languages. Together, you must have all of Europe covered... 😂👏"