In What Language Does Your Baby Cry?
source: http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5A43TA20091105
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The wail of a newborn may sound the same to the ears of sleep-deprived parents the world over, but according to scientists, that's not the case: Babies cry in the language their parents speak from the first days of life.
An international team of researchers said a study of 60 newborns suggested babies start to learn language in the womb, long before they utter their first coos or babbles -- and their wails can be distinguished according to the mother tongue.
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LadybugLady [removed]
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I knew when my baby was hungery or wet it was different from just pick me up cry. There is a differance.
- 2 years ago
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LadybugLady [removed]
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Achechew
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My daughter knows if we say her name in our native language that we mean business!
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Achechew
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oldgerman
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Germany My babys do no more cry because they have themselves babys, but
I remember especially the older grandson: his mother is thai and the father, my son, german.
He - the baby - lerned from first day thai and english, but after treee month he lived in Germany; nowadays he speakes an almost perfect english, good thai and reasonable german.
And he has very few problems to go into an other language to pronaunce it properly. - 2 years ago
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oldgerman
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EdJoyProductions
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Cool. What if mom is multi-lingual? :)
- 2 years ago
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EdJoyProductions
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vladbox
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Having one, in MYOEXP I have to say that I suspected that from day one. The can also learn music and be sensorially aware of the surroundings. This is my own empirical findings.
- 2 years ago
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vladbox
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quixotic12
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Wow, prenatal learning!
- 2 years ago
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quixotic12
