postr/StutterMarch 4, 2026

Multilingual people, do you stutter more in one language than others?

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Multilingual people, do you stutter more in one language than others? For context I would say I’m most fluent in English, and I have known Bengali since I was born and have been learning Arabic for the past 8 years. I stutter a lot more when speaking Arabic and even Bengali as they are weaker and I haven’t built the mental gymnastics to disguise when I’m stuck. When I speak English I barely stutter actually

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability

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Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & Fluctuation