Many families who adopt older children hope their kids will keep the language of their birth. There are lots of ways to help a child learn some language.

You can buy your children language learning materials. If there is an Ethiopian language school in your area, you can send your child to it. You can hire an Ethiopian babysitter.

If you've adopted more than one child from Ethiopia, you can even encourage kids to speak with each other. (That is, IF they both speak the same Ethiopian language in the first place-- did you know there are over 70 languages spoken in Ethiopia?)

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