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Originally Posted by yagr
Yes, I most certainly do. I speak my native language, although interestingly, especially considering the forum we are on, I did not know my native language until I was twenty-seven years old - and then instantly. Sonseearae knew it and I didn't, but when we became co-conscious she shared all the memories and knowledge she held - including how to speak our language. My father denies ever speaking it in front of us and we lived thousands of miles from our ancestral lands and I hadn't ever visited them until after she and I 'met'. So how did she know it? She says, "Cause I do" and that works for me.
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Up until the age of six the young child 'absorbs' language from the environment without effort. If a child is exposed to a language repeatedly, she will learn it. It does not need to be taught. The human infant is hardwired with the ability to 'download' language from the environment, if you will.
Sonseearae would have learned your native language as effortlessly and unconsciously as a toddler in Japan learns Japanese, or a young child in England learns English. What is more noteworthy is the dissociation that kept this language from your awareness for 27 years, and how it became accessible to you once you developed co-consciousness.
That, my friend, is quite remarkable.