In a carefully phenotyped dyslexia subject set without evidence for LI or SSD we observed associations of FOXP2 and non-word repetition, a measure of phonological memory, and rapid alternating place of articulation (the /pataka/ task), raising the possibility of this gene’s influence on component phenotypes shared by multiple developmental disorders of language (Peter et al., 2011b). This evidence concerns the gene FOXP2 and dyslexia.