So, since we are talking babies I decided to look up baby talk in other languages. I remember my mom doing Spanish baby talk when I was, obviously, a baby. And now I find myself repeating the same things to my nieces as they grow up. It isn't much, but they do remember and know these words, it also gives them some knowledge or reception of what we say in Spanish. Only one of my nieces can actually speak Spanish. Baby talk is a universal phenomenon!!
Here is a link to Spanish, Japanese and French baby talk.
http://www.circleofmoms.com/englishspanglishspanish-learning-babies/spanish-baby-talk-337536
http://french.about.com/library/vocab/bl-babytalk.htm
http://www.nippon.com/en/nipponblog/m00030/
These were cute and funny to read through. I thought it was funny with the French baby words... if babies were uttering the "le" and "la" "le caca" or "le toutou" instead of "caca" and "toutou".. it seems so French.
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