Why are baby words repeated twice? Like “mama” and “dada”. Isn’t it easier for baby to go “ma” or “da”?

Question

Also, linguistically, why is repeating a word make it associated to baby talk? E.g. “No no”, “bye bye”.

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Answer 1

Simple for atention

Crying pa, ma, da, ah produce same result,but crying mama produce unique response and thus more entertaining.

Its interesting to watch how 1-2 years old playing with tablets. The don know what are word nor how they pronaunced nor their meaning, but they already percived certain symbols bring funny picktures on screen