When is a bilingual child a "late" speaker

[takingtheplunge]

DS is 2.4 and has maybe 20 words in total across 2 languages, b ut excellent comprehension and when he (rarely) says a new words he says it very clearly.

I have 3 bilingual kids and each has developed differently. Each child is different, obviously. My first spoke really quick and clearly and never had a problem to seperate the languages and is good in both. The second spoke later had small impediments for along time (no sp,st, as we were in Spain at time and they don't say these sounds without an e in front) now she is 12 and mixes a sentence with English and German all the time at home. This is called 'interference' and is a regonised problem in bilingual children. The third never learnt to roll his r's (don't need to in English but do in German) and talked much later and unclearly than others. I would get your DS ears checked and if you get the all clear I would forget about it....he is talking and understasnding and is still young and it is absolutely normal for bilingual to make slower progress this can even continue later in school. The advantages are they often have better cognitive skills in other areas....maths science.But the old myth that they will be even better at language work is not necessarily true at least in the child development stages.It sounds like the kind of language learner who is perfectionistic which is great and probably good for Maths science skills later.