Baby Talk

The Japanese language has various phrases in baby talk.

Most of them were made by imitating sounds of something or using only sounds that are easy to pronounce even for infants.

Below are some example phrases in baby talk; please try to guess what they mean.

・Manma (マンマ)
・Jīji (ジージ)
・Bāba (バーバ)
・Shīshi (シーシー)
・An-yo (あんよ)

【Answer】
・Manma ・・・ 'Meal.'
・Jīji ・・・ 'Grandfather.'
・Bāba ・・・ 'Grandmother.'
・Shīshi ・・・ 'Urination' or 'pee.'
・An-yo ・・・ 'Foot' or 'walking.'

幼児語

日本にはさまざまな幼児語が存在します。

その多くは、対象が発する音を真似たものや、幼児でも発音しやすい音のみを使ったものとなります。

以下に幾つか幼児語の例を書くので、何を意味するか推測してみて下さい。

・マンマ
・ジージ
・バーバ
・シーシー（チッチ）
・あんよ

【答え】
「マンマ」・・・ごはん
「ジージ」・・・祖父
「バーバ」・・・祖母
「シーシー（チッチ）」・・・排尿
「あんよ」・・・足、歩くこと

サ行がタ行になってしまうのも幼児語の特徴ですね。
子供が幼児語を使うのが可愛いけれど、大人がそれを使ったらちょっと見苦しいかもしれませんね（笑）
ちなみに、中国語の幼児語のパータンは同じ言葉を2回繰り返す。例えば車が「車車」で、犬が「狗狗」です。

• The Japanese language has various phrases in baby talk.
• Like many other languages, Japanese has its own version of "baby talk."

  Your sentence isn't incorrect, but this sounds a little more natural to me!

• Most of them were made by imitating sounds of something or using only sounds that are easy to pronounce even for infants.
• Most of them either imitate the actual sound of the object or action, or were made using only sounds that are easy for infants to pronounce.

• Below are some example phrases in baby talk; please try to guess what they mean.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

Great job! This was really fun to read. I didn't know manma or anyo! Thank you for the interesting topic!! ^^