Development of Spanish Consonants in Preschool Children

This study tested the production of 18 Spanish consonants by 120 Mexican-American preschool children, ranging in age from 3 to 5:11 years to determine the age of acquisition of Spanish consonants. Data are provided on percent of correct production of each sound at six different age levels and are also graphically illustrated to compare age of acquisition with the results obtained by Jimenez (1987) on a similar population.