Ambah if you are really concerned I suggest that you follow it up. I know that in WA you would have to go to a private Speech Therapist as the government ones have huge waiting lists and are only for kids at school. I don't know what it is like in Qld.

I can not even begin to explain Asha's language here ... she has two older kids to copy though and she says a huge range of words ... I am sure I don't even know half of them. Her latest acomplishment is capsicum (and yes that is exactly how it sounds) and she is often saying 3 or 4 words sentences. She has been put up at child care and has been ion the toddler room since she was 21 months ... but please remember she has a sister who is 10 1/2 and a brother who is almost 8 ... I honestly think that makes a huge difference to her rapid vocab growth.

You could always ring the speech pathology department of the Royal Brisbane Hospital and speak to someone and see what they say or speak with you child health nurse.

I will add that I recently went a PD about langauge acquisition and this is what they say most 2 yr olds should be able to do.

Say at least 50 words eg names of objects, actions and people.
Use sentences that are 2 - 3 words long, even though not all speech will be clear eg "No want", "No go".
Understand about 300 words
Start using questions like "what's that?"
Enjoy listening to simple stories
Have a conversation with his/her dolls/teddies/toys.
Play with a toy for 5 minutes.
It says that if you answered no to any of the questions then it is advisable that you consult a speech and language pathologist. This is research conducted by Diana Rigg and this information came straight out of Speech Sound Screen Book.

Don't mean to alarm you but having worked with kids whose parents have done nothing about something they were aware of from an early age makes it even more difficult once they start school.

Whoops too much and probably not what you wanted to hear. Good luck!