Did you have a language delay as a child?

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no, no delay. I was supposedly above the regular development though.

I didn't have a speech delay at all, I was apparently advanced in that respect. But my Mother who was diagnosed with Autism at 4-ish didn't talk till she was 5 and apparently asked for something for the first time at age 9. She's okay now for the most part, I mean, she can talk to me just fine even though we have our misunderstandings. But still has trouble when talking to people she doesn't know too well.
My 34 month old son is delayed in speech, he's progressing now and has quite a few words both spoken and sign. But he's not putting many words together and he asks for thing by saying/signing "milk", "cheese", etc. He's only answered a few questions in his time, the other day I asked him if he was happy and he said and signed "yes!"
I was happy to hear it!
I'm not sure if I'm answering this question in the way you wanted. haha Sorry if I was of no help.

Yep. No babble, 1 to 2 words that started around 2 till the age of 4 1/2. Sentences started at 4 1/2 (obviously, it wasn't of the social kind). I was really delayed in reading/writing (several years behind), and then overnight, I just "got it".

Pronoun problems, echolalia (though this was of the repeating phrases from science fiction I liked kind, rather than repeating what people said to me--I didn't bother replying to them).

Something funny I just found out, when my mother was teaching me to recognize the features of my face around 2/3, she'd ask what's "this" (she'd say ear, nose, mouth, etcetera), and I'd reply with pointing at it on myself rather than verbalizing it [for I couldn't verbalize it]; I had the intelligence to recognize it, I just had a genuine verbal impairment.

i learned to talk slower then others. i think it was at 18 months or something not sure.
i just remember my first word ba-ba.

Advanced use of language, though definite motor delays (Began walking at 9 months though couldn't run or walk 'properly' for the life of me, the footage is laughable, think Pheobe from friends flailing through the park! Plus I stand with my feet facing inwards ) though better this way than akin to Lilliputian piers.

No delay. My first word was "RetraVision" a eletrical goods company.

To add:

I, obviously gained adequate receptive and expressive speech (I had speech therapy, which may have, or may not have helped); now, apart from social communication in person (I can't do it at all, but this is common for Autism), I can speak in a mechanical context.

I prefer not to talk [and communicate], as it requires a somewhat large amount of effort on my part, but I force myself to.

according to my mom
i start naming them when i was running 11months old
mama = mom
mamam = water
dad = dad
plus the fact that i imitate animal sounds
rooster, dog, cats

and i have a vivid memory of them training me how to walk...
and me trying my best by 'holding' on the wall
and accoring to them and my aunts i start walking in my 10th month

the only problem in me according to them is that
i dont play and mingle with them or even with other kids

Only speech issue I had as a child was properly pronouncing /s/ (getting my teeth together instead of my tongue between my teeth). My oldest son had a moderate-severe articulation delay and is now still mildly delayed at 7. My youngest son never had any issues with speech other than a bit of "stuttering" when he is excited and has a lot he wants to say.

i dont remember having a delay... but my brother had early speech issues... he would speak babble and i remember having to interpret for him and he later went through speech therapy (from like5-7 yrs old i think)... he also had serious ear infection issues... so maybe he was having sensory issues?

I talked very early on. I was also hyperlexic. I was the "little professor" preschooler Aspie.
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Yes I had language delay. I never talked much up until 12/13. My sisters would always talk for me. Even now I have my own language. It takes me 10 minutes to get the person to understand what I am saying. It's so annoying.
I also had hearing lost/lots of ear infections.

Nope I had normal language development. However, I was a selective mute throughout my entire childhood.

I had echololia, when I was a toddler.