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2.5 Bilingual acquisition environments

- Disadvantages of one person → one language:
-- Risk for language which is not community language especially if spoken by parent not always present at home
-- Obbligatory language switch in family gatherings
-- Risk of exclusion of one parent if not bilingual
- Disadvantage of family language ≠ community language:
-- Late contact with one of the two languages, early second language acquisition