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Slightly related. But I've seen documentaries from other remote countries, where children use the same sounds when mocking people. Not the same words, but kinda the same melody. Is it kinda universal, or was it just chance?

I feel like if I heard children speak in a foreign language, I wouldn't be able to understand if they made fun of someone in a way that need no cultural context, somehow.



It's universal! Radiolab has an episode on it [1]. We've been talking to babies the same way for thousands of years.

[1] https://radiolab.org/podcast/91514-sound-as-touch


From the description, this sounds different than what the parent was talking about


You can tell if people speaking a foreign language are making fun of you, even if you don't understand a word.




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