Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26715865-20151102192732/@comment-4427410-20151110155052

I'm not talking out of my a** either, i personally know someone who taught themself to read German when they were three. Hyperlexia is a thing. Belle could have that, who knows? Maybe she taught herself, maybe someone taught her.

Is it really that important that we believe Belle taught herself to read Chinese. . . by reading a book? How would she even understand what she is reading? And which Chinese language did she learn to read?

And Belle has never displayed the traits of a person who has hyperlexia - possessing a large vocabulary and can identify many objects and pictures; cannot put their language skills to good use; lacking spontaneous language; and delayed pragmatic speech.