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Mama and papa are prolly easiest to pronounce and distinguish for kids. sans mixing with other languages, it’s 50/50 chance :thonk:
In almost every language there is something very close to mama/papa for mom and dad, because they’re like the first two sounds babies can make and parents are like “Oh that’s me!”
Reduplication is common in baby talk because it's basically the first thing you can do other than just making sounds.
Mama is maybe the oldest word and the one shared in most languages because it's the easiest to pronounce. Papa/Baba close behind.
father just comes by way of old germanic from a proto-indo-european root that also developed into pater, padre, and pere.
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Which language or page is this? Makes sense if its not english I guess?
