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Originally Posted By: JackieBut on the one acronym site I saw a statement that made me curious: You know, there are only a few thousand natural languages in use by humans today, yet among these, there are a few in which the child's word for father is mama.
Does anybody know whether this is true?
According to this paper it is.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted paraprosdokian BranShea 05/30/12 06:27 PM Re: paraprosdokian Jackie 06/02/12 02:31 AM Re: paraprosdokian tsuwm 06/02/12 02:50 AM Re: paraprosdokian BranShea 06/02/12 10:48 AM Re: paraprosdokian tsuwm 06/02/12 05:57 PM Re: paraprosdokian BranShea 06/02/12 09:13 PM Re: paraprosdokian Faldage 06/02/12 11:10 AM Re: paraprosdokian Jackie 06/03/12 01:32 AM
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