I'm too tired to go into detail about this, so I'll supply the basics.
Jurgen Windcaller ate the shouts of every Tongue he faced after his self exile after losing the war with the Dunmer/Dwemer. Allegedly he communed with the goddess of war - Kyne - who told him peace was the way, and that was how he ate the shouts.
I'd long held that Jurgen was dragonborn, because when you return his horn to his grave you get a dragonsoul. My new theory doesn't alienate this, but what if... Jurgen actually spoke to Mephala?