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Newborns' cry melody is shaped by their native language (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
2 points by davidbarker 9 days ago
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I took a class in psychology (several decades ago). The professor made the point that babies also babble in a way that reflects their native language.

I think their point was that babbling is an instinctive first step toward trying to communicate. But it also shows how the native language -- what's being spoken around newborns -- is being absorbed.