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Originally Posted by MMM
One gentleman I know lived there for over a decade and his daughter was born there. In her five short years of life she learned more Japanese than her older-than-average father (and keep in mind she wasn't even speaking at all the first two years of her life).
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It's a bit unfair to say. Children under the age of 6-7 still have the ability to achieve any language as their native one, despite of the origins they have. It all depends on the surroundings of the child.
After that age it might be easy to learn language without accent, than after puberty it depends on the individual. If he/she already knows a different language it could be easier to learn a third one, especially when the determination is solid.