# critical period hypothesis

> biolinguistics hypothesis that claims a person can only achieve native-like fluency in a language before a certain age

**Wikidata**: [Q908800](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908800)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_period_hypothesis)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/critical-period-hypothesis


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. Quora