A paper published in Science found that a relatively simple AI system fed with data filmed from a baby’s-eye view began to learn words.

Warlpiri baby talk helps children learn new words Our study showed Warlpiri speakers, with just three vowels, also use pitch and vowel modifications in their speech to young children.

Origins Did Baby Talk Give Rise to Language? The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species’ grasp of language.

Babies start their language-learning journey in the womb. Once their ears and brains allow it, they tune into the rhythm and melody of speech audible through the belly.

"The fact she's mimicking, moving her mouth in a controlled way, and copying sounds is all good developmentally," said a ...

Human babies are far better at learning than even the very best large language models. To be able to write in passable English, ChatGPT had to be trained on massive data sets that contain millions ...

There are many factors that contribute to infant language development, not least of which is baby talk—the modified speech mothers and other adults often use when speaking to infants.

As babies begin to learn language, they start by using single syllables such as "da" or "ba," which can be interpreted to mean a variety of things depending on the context of their lives.

Nation & World Did Baby Talk Give Rise to Language? June 25, 2025 at 8:41 pm Updated June 30, 2025 at 1:04 pm ...

Learn like a baby Listening without reading letters may help us to stop focusing on individual vowels, consonants and separate words, and instead absorb the overall flow of a language much like ...