Roger Brown Mean Length Utterance (MLU)
A child’s language development can be match to the length and complexity of their utterance’s
MLU stage 1
15-30 months:
-MLU = 1.5
MLU stage 2
30-36 months:
-MLU = 2.25
MLU stage 3
36-42 months:
-MLU = 2.75
MLU Stage 4
40-46 months:
-MLU = 3.5
MLU Stage 5
42-53 months:
-MLU = 4.0