If both parents are bilingual, what language will the child speak when he/she is born?

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For example, you have both parents speaking Polish and English. If a baby was born, what will his or her language be? Does it depend on the location of your birth?

Will the child be bilingual? How does it work?

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No child speaks a language upon birth. Children learn language by listening to the languages that are spoken around them as they grow. So if the parents are bilingual AND they speak in both languages around the baby the baby will learn both languages as it learns to speak. This is why a lot of children’s shows for young children actually focus on being multilingual.

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