Eli5: Why do we say “ouch(or any other words)” immediately after feeling pain?

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Does it reduce the pain? Or is it because of the experience of watching people react like that before? Or is it something different from my guesses?

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Do people who speak different languages say different things? In English we say “ah” or “ow”. Is this instinct or learned language?

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