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bohohobo · Sep 21st, 2009, 02:10 PM

DS used to utter "eh-ya-eh-ya-eh-ya-eh!" and we thought it was just his lingo until we heard another baby of another race in Walmart saying the same thing! When we moved states, at a mall we overheard a father communicating to his infant using the same "phrase".

"KNEE!" when said sharp and loudly, makes our DS laugh. It was he who "told" us this joke some months back. He still finds it hilarious. Would "knee!" work on your baby? What other phrases does he/she say?

sweetneet · Sep 21st, 2009, 02:17 PM

actually i was just watching a documentary called "The Baby Human" (very interesting, about how newborns/babies develop and learn to think, talk, etc) and in the section about talking it mentioned that all babies (regardless of parents' native tougues) tend to make the same types of babbling sounds when they are first learning to communicate. then i guess once they reach past a certain age (i think 8 or 9 months) they tend to make sounds that are more like their native language, and they become far less capable form distinguishing sounds from foreign languages.

illinirdhd · Sep 21st, 2009, 04:20 PM

^^^ I'll have to watch for that documentary!

I always find it fascinating (and funny) when an animal "speaks" a different language. I hadn't even considered it for babies, but how interesting!

irainei · Sep 21st, 2009, 04:29 PM

Here's something similar about this where babies have like 5 distinct sounds they make to let you know what they want (hungry, diaper, etc.):

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/ca...10865YY3TMwrp#

My coworker sent it to me...novel concept!

bohohobo · Sep 23rd, 2009, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by irainei

Here's something similar about this where babies have like 5 distinct sounds they make to let you know what they want (hungry, diaper, etc.):

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/ca...10865YY3TMwrp#

My coworker sent it to me...novel concept!

My baby doesn't say any of those words.

Junkenpo · Sep 24th, 2009, 01:46 AM

i remember seeing a documentary that did mention that babies babble much the same until a certain age where they become more discriminatory toward the sounds they hear regularly spoken to them. kids are sponges.... so if you want a bilingual or polyglot child, it's best to introduce languages before age 7. It can be done after that, but slower & it gets stored in a different area of the brain.

Also, the same show mentioned "motherese"... how mothers across cultures all pitch their voices higher & simplify sentences & sing-song the way they talk to babies. And that infants respond better the "motherese" (baby talk) than regular conversation.

Rockst@r · Sep 24th, 2009, 09:03 AM

I think all babies make the same sounds at first. English is my DH's 3rd language (I'm American and we're in the U.S.) and he spoke his native languages around our kids and they still made the same baby sounds as my friends children who have 2 American parents.

What is interesting: As DD got a little older (3yrs or so) she began to speak with DH's accent when speaking English until she must've realized that he had an accent. So, for example, her "mother" sounded like "mudder," and she would omit the letters "h" and "r" like DH does. She stopped doing that at about 4 1/2. My mom thought it was hilarious.

Sep 21st, 2009, 02:10 PM	#1
bohohobo OP tamale loco Joined: May 2009 Posts: 337	Is Babytalk an international language DS used to utter "eh-ya-eh-ya-eh-ya-eh!" and we thought it was just his lingo until we heard another baby of another race in Walmart saying the same thing! When we moved states, at a mall we overheard a father communicating to his infant using the same "phrase". "KNEE!" when said sharp and loudly, makes our DS laugh. It was he who "told" us this joke some months back. He still finds it hilarious. Would "knee!" work on your baby? What other phrases does he/she say?
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Sep 21st, 2009, 02:17 PM	#2
sweetneet 妊娠してるの！ Joined: Aug 2007 Location: at IKEA ♫ Posts: 5,950	actually i was just watching a documentary called "The Baby Human" (very interesting, about how newborns/babies develop and learn to think, talk, etc) and in the section about talking it mentioned that all babies (regardless of parents' native tougues) tend to make the same types of babbling sounds when they are first learning to communicate. then i guess once they reach past a certain age (i think 8 or 9 months) they tend to make sounds that are more like their native language, and they become far less capable form distinguishing sounds from foreign languages.
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illinirdhd Sofa King Hooked Joined: Dec 2007 Location: New to the Philadelphia area! Posts: 5,738	^^^ I'll have to watch for that documentary! I always find it fascinating (and funny) when an animal "speaks" a different language. I hadn't even considered it for babies, but how interesting!
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Sep 21st, 2009, 04:29 PM	#4
irainei Kissy Face! Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,167	Here's something similar about this where babies have like 5 distinct sounds they make to let you know what they want (hungry, diaper, etc.): http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/ca...10865YY3TMwrp# My coworker sent it to me...novel concept!
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Sep 24th, 2009, 01:46 AM	#6
Junkenpo LVoebird! Joined: Jan 2007 Location: 2500 miles from any continental landmass Posts: 3,062	i remember seeing a documentary that did mention that babies babble much the same until a certain age where they become more discriminatory toward the sounds they hear regularly spoken to them. kids are sponges.... so if you want a bilingual or polyglot child, it's best to introduce languages before age 7. It can be done after that, but slower & it gets stored in a different area of the brain. Also, the same show mentioned "motherese"... how mothers across cultures all pitch their voices higher & simplify sentences & sing-song the way they talk to babies. And that infants respond better the "motherese" (baby talk) than regular conversation.
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Sep 24th, 2009, 09:03 AM	#7
Rockst@r Zeta lady 4ever Joined: Jan 2007 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 932	I think all babies make the same sounds at first. English is my DH's 3rd language (I'm American and we're in the U.S.) and he spoke his native languages around our kids and they still made the same baby sounds as my friends children who have 2 American parents. What is interesting: As DD got a little older (3yrs or so) she began to speak with DH's accent when speaking English until she must've realized that he had an accent. So, for example, her "mother" sounded like "mudder," and she would omit the letters "h" and "r" like DH does. She stopped doing that at about 4 1/2. My mom thought it was hilarious.
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