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[-] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is what I’ve heard as well. Ba/~~Da~~/Ma/Pa are the first sounds we interpret as “words” coming from babies.

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My first words were "boba" and "kiki" but my parents were both abstract two-dimensional shapes so that might have affected things.

[-] gooballer@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

not Da as that is not bilabial

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

What about dad's labia?

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 2 points 22 hours ago

Is Ma?

According to (German) Wikipedia M is not part of the list of bilabial sounds

[-] gooballer@lemmy.today 1 points 19 hours ago

how is M not a bilabial sound!?

a bilabial consanant is one made with only your lips.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_nasal

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 points 17 hours ago

Args, actually wanted to comment here

https://sopuli.xyz/comment/25031727

[-] athatet@lemmy.zip 1 points 20 hours ago

If you can make an ‘m’ sound with only one lip I would certainly like to hear it.

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 points 20 hours ago

I was thinking the same

But I've never heard that word before and just looked it up in Wikipedia. And there they state to list all of them, but I didn't see an 'm' - which I would put in as well, if I understood the definition correctly

That's my point, I'm not sure, if I miss something here or the article just isn't correct/complete

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial

this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2026
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