It seems at first that we learn from our surroundings, and if what we say works in reaching a goal it stays in us. But at the same time, some aspects of language seems innate and in us, and ubiquitous accros cultures, like the some sounds and the word “mama”.
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This is actually not true in most languages the word mama isn’t the same just in a few languages but they are the big popular ones and or are usually related in some way. The only “innate” thing in every language is this strange phenomena called the Bouba/Kiki effect. Where Kiki sounds sharp, pointy, and jagged. And Bouba sounds round, soft, and smooth. In like 70% of languages they have this feature.
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