 In addition to English, Mika speaks French, Spanish and Italian fluently; in an interview on 28 September 2009 with "The Chris Moyles Show" on BBC Radio 1 he commented that he had taken Mandarin Chinese lessons for nine years but does not speak it very well; he also mentioned that his three sisters speak it fluently.He also speaks a little Arabic, in a Lebanese dialect.Mika holds dual UK-US citizenship.