Why does the word signifying 'mother' start with the syllable 'ma' in almost every language?
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Bartman
ANSWERS: 3
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Probably because in most other languages it is based on Latin.
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Possibly because it is the first "formed" sound that most babies make. When a baby learns to recognise its mother, the recognition noise it makes is likely to be "ma... ma...". The mother responds to it, and soma variant on mama becomes the accepted word for mother.
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Below I have a list of mother in a few random languages. You'll notice "Ma" is not used very frequently to begin a the noun. French - Mere German - Mutter Hindi - Maji Urdu - Ammee English - Mom, Mummy, Mother Italian - Madre Portuguese - Mãe Albanian - Mëmë; Nënë; Burim; Kryemurgeshë Belarusan - Matka Cebuano - Inahan; Nanay Serbian - Majka Czech - Abatyse Dutch - Moeder; Moer Estonian - Ema Frisian - Emo, Emä, Kantaäiti, Äiti Greek - Màna Hawaiian - Makuahine Hungarian - Anya, Fu Ilongo - Iloy; Nanay; Nay Indonesian - Induk, Ibu, Biang, Nyokap
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