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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It depends on what language the children comprehend better or which language the parents speak to them in. My parents are both English/Spanish speakers and their/my “at home” language was Spanish, but I went to public school where I was put in English classes and although my parents were far better in Spanish, I am an English speaker with okay Spanish, but my Spanish grammar is horrible. I could get by very easily in a Spanish conversation but my sentences would not be the best grammatically.
Main thing though is just what language they choose to use to speak to their children. I don’t believe it’s genetic but like you thought, where a child is born has an impact. If I was born in a Spanish speaking country, I’d probably be a better Spanish speaker with bad or no English.
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