A study published in the Archives of Diseases in Childhood looked at 317 children aged between eight and 10 who had stuttered.
Of these children, one in five spoke two languages at home, and 38 of the children had learned English and not spoken it at home.
The children were found to begin stuttering at around four years and six months old.
A control group of children without stutters found only one quarter of them spoke more than one language.
The recovery rate of children with stutters was found to be higher among children who spoke one language that wasn't English at home.
Researchers said: "Children whose native language is not English may benefit from deferring the time when they learn it. This reduces the changes of starting to stutter and aids the chances of recovery later in childhood."
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