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SerinaL t1_j5w65h6 wrote
Linguistics: how did certain words become universal ?
Top_Shelf_Jizz t1_j62pwd5 wrote
Mama and papa are the two most universal words. The theory is that those sounds are the easiest for a new mouth to create and that we have given them immediate meaning in our environment.
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