No. Bi-lingual children who are raised early with two languages adapt very fast and both languages become their native language. Babies raised Bi-lingual will also find learning a third, fourth, fifth (etc) language to be easier even as they get older. The older we get the harder it becomes to learn new languages.

No. This is WONDERFUL for her. Please be sure she continues to be exposed to both languages as she grows up. Kids younger than about age 12 /puberty assimilate languages rapidly. They learn the language without any "accent" and they easily switch from one to the other as the situation calls for. People can learn languages after age 12, but never again so easily. There are actually changes in the brain that markedly slow the new-language acquisition process. Also, there's often a "foreign accent" in the learned language because the sound system of the first language has become so fixed in the person's mind. A few adults can learn a new language with almost the ease and success of little children, but most adults can never learn a new language as well again.

It is wonderful! Make sure she keeps up the the second language after she starts school. While it is true that children learn languages faster, they also forget them fast if they don't keep using it.

Absolutely not! It's wonderful for children to learn two languages as a small child. In today's increasingly multi-language society, it will serve her very well. Children tend to use whatever language those around them are using. Please be sure to continue to speak the second language at home, because if she's using one language at pre-school it is likely to become the dominant language very quickly unless she has a similar dose of the other at home.

The answer is a definate YES! BUT all the other people who said no were right that it is a very good thing! My 2yo is learning English (from me) and Norwegian (from his mum and the people all around us). His language developement is alot slower than other children his age. He is expected to be around 6 months or so behind children who only learn one language. Most children become fluent in their language by the time they are about 42 months (3 and a half years) but for every extra language they are exposed to you can add 6 months to that. Basically, it will be hard for her when she first starts pre-school, but as long as it is kept consistant then the language developemnt will soon level out with other children. It is nothing to be worried about, just make sure the teachers/carers all know the situation and then they can give that child extra help with his language development as and when needed. This is direct advice from both norwegian doctors and english doctors that specialise in this kind of thing. Also, I work as a nursery worker and look after many children, quite a few are bi-lingual and due to this we are all given information packs as to what to expect/do with these children. Hope this helps. It is definatly a good thing :)

No it will be a great success for her.