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Speaking from experience, there was once a young boy I knew who started to play from the age of 5, beginning with a smaller guitar. A few years later, he discovered that the full sized guitar was very difficult to play, regardless of the skill he learned with the smaller guitar. I began learning the guitar at the age of 8 and I began with a full sized guitar. The only challenges I had was changing to a guitar that had a higher action (strings further away from the fretboard and pickups) or one with a slightly wider neck.
I've never measured the size of a guitar, but my advice would be to give the 11 year old a full sized guitar. Switching to another or newer guitar does not require a greater transition.
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