baby talk

Meaning

  1. (uncountable) The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children.
  2. (uncountable) The prelanguage, and subsequent developing language, used by small children, incorporating crying, cooing, and babbling in sequence before the acquisition of adult language capabilities.

Synonyms

caretaker speech

mommy talk

child-directed speech

daddy talk

infant-directed speech

Translations

langage enfantin

Babysprache

fala de bebê

linguaggio infantile

mamanais

baby talk

madrese

maternese

zimanê berpêsîran

şîrmijkî

bebektî

pitiktî

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