Mama and papa
In linguistics, a commonly seen sequence of sounds meaning "mother" and "father" / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the American vocal group of the 1960s, see The Mamas and the Papas.
In linguistics, mama and papa are considered a special case of false cognates. In many languages of the world, sequences of sounds similar to /mama/ and /papa/ mean "mother" and "father", usually but not always in that order. This is thought to be a coincidence resulting from the process of early language acquisition.[1][2][3][4]
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