Diagnosing specific language impairment (SLI) in monolingual children is a complex task,
with some controversy regarding criteria. Diagnosis of SLI in bilinguals is made more
complex by the lack of standardized assessments and poor understanding of clinical
markers in languages other than English. There is an added complexity when one of the
languages being acquired is an endangered one, where the domains of use and input are
restricted, and where input is affected by convergence with the majority language. This …

Diagnosing specific language impairment (SLI) in monolingual children is a complex task,
with some controversy regarding criteria. Diagnosis of SLI in bilinguals is made more
complex by the lack of standardized assessments and poor understanding of clinical
markers in languages other than English. There is an added complexity when one of the
languages being acquired is an endangered one, where the domains of use and input are
restricted, and where input is affected by convergence with the majority language. This …