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  • n  the language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood
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  • When Does Learning Begin?
    Science writer Annie Murphy Paul talks about how fetuses in the womb begin taking cues from the outside world, from the lilt of our native language to our favorite foods.
    June 21, 2013 - NPR
  • Gazette.Net: Montgomery students learn the language, along with the lessons
    Yuly Cano, 20, has almost mastered English. When speaking, she sometimes forgets a word. When listening, she sometimes needs words repeated. Cano, whose native language is Spanish, said her last three years since her family moved here from Peru have been a challenge.
    June 20, 2013 - Gazette.net

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