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Baby talk is universal

Regardless of the language we speak, most adults raise their voices to elicit an infant's attention and talk at a much slower rate to communicate effectively. In the scientific community this baby talk is termed "infant-directed speech." This is the first study to show that adult listeners in an indigenous, nonindustrialized, and nonliterate culture can easily tell the difference between baby talk and normal adult directed speech.

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