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Re:Distant languages have similar sounds for common words by wickawic on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @07:30PM (#12544245)
I've heard that babies make the same 'ma' and 'pa' sounds regardless of context, and that it is vain parents who assume that the baby is addressing them :)
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Re:Distant languages have similar sounds for common words by benanne on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @07:53PM (#12544345)
In Georgian, mother is "deda" and father is "mama", which lends further evidence to this :)
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