Do you believe that baby's do have a language?

Question

the question just popped in my friend's mine and i got curious about it..

Answer 1

recent studies:

babies can recognize their native language as early as 3 months. meaning, they can tell the difference.


so, to answer you question, no. babies pick up on the language their parents speak early enough.
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Answer 2

I also saw that lady with the theory on the baby language on Oprah just before I had my baby. I was eager to listen for those sounds in hope that it would make it easier to respond to my daughters needs. But she never made those particular sounds mentioned there.
I don't believe that babies have a language of their own. They do try to communicate though. In the beginning mostly by crying. At some point they start to imitate sounds they hear from their parents and through that they develop speech.
But yes, I do think a baby tries to communicate her needs through sound and facial expressions.
My baby's sounds and cries may not be a language that anybody else can understand but as long as I or her father know what she means it is alright for now.

Answer 3

It is not their own language that they exhibit at such a young age, but a frustration to the lack of communication capability on their part.

American Sign Language is being taught to children younger then the age of 4 months. Basic words that they need to comunicate are as simple for them to do as it is for us to open our mouths and speak.

Its been proven that the child brain is fully capable of expressing needs just not the skills to be verbal about them.

The link that I have put in below will get anyone, at any age started on the road to communication at a different level.

Good Luck and Happy Signing!

Answer 4

I'm not convinced but I have seen the australian woman who claims that every baby no matter what race, has 6 distinct 'words/sounds' they make up until about age 3mths.

I saw her on Oprah and the australian current affairs program do it with babies and as soon as they made a noise she could tell the mother what it was 'saying', like hungry, burp me, tired etc... and when the mother did the appropriate thing to settle them they were fine. It was quite extradinary actually. Whether it really works for us laymans i don't know, but I do think that its worth finding out.

Answer 5

Every one has there own opinion and mine is yes. There is a 3 months age gap between my niece and my daughter. They saw each other alot (most days) and even when my daughter was a few weeks old they would babble at each other and the looks on their face told us that they were communicating. I can see why people don't believe that they can though. But I think they do.

Answer 6

Absolutely. This has been studied for a long time under different circumstances. There is definite proof that babies do have a language.

Remember that there are many languages in the world - thousands of them. Is there any reason that babies, who have no teaching or experience with your language, should not invent yet another one to satisfy it's own needs for communication.

Answer 7

Yeah I think that babies have a language all of their own, they seem to have conversations with each other it is quite cute.

Answer 8

YES ! Have you ever noticed a little child try to tell you something, and YOU can't understand one word they're saying, but their 4 yr. old sibling can unjumble it for you !

Answer 9

I'm not sure...I mean, I've seen and heard babies yell random stuff and act like they knew what they were talking about. But I don't think they can communicate like we do, with words at least.

Answer 10

They have language on their own..