Is there a limit to how many languages you can mix in conversation?

Oftentimes people who are fluent in two languages will constantly mix the two and switch back and forth for no apparent reason. You'll see this a lot in India for example where people are equally fluent in both Hindi and English and switch mid sentence.

If you and someone else are fluent in 4 languages... do you mix all 4? What about 5? Does anyone speak 5 languages all at once? I realize that a case where 2 people speak the same 5 languages is incredibly rare but I'm wondering when it gets to a point where you can't just add another language to the conversation otherwise it gets confusing.

Thoughts?

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