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Which language?

“THERE IS CURRENTLY NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SUGGESTING THAT A LANGUAGE DELAY OR PROBLEMS WITH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION CAN BE CAUSED BY HEARING TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES.”

Q Our little boy just turned 3 now, and he strikes me as a very late talker. The teacher at play school agrees. I think the issue might be that there are too many languages in his life. I speak isiZulu and English to him, about 50/50, while my husband, his family and

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