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Lallation [la-LAY-shun]
(n.)
- Infantile baby talk; the babbling of a young child before articulate language develops.
From Latin “lallāre” (to sing “la-la” / to lull a child to sleep) an imitative formation echoing the repetitive sounds of infant babbling, with the noun-forming suffix “-ation”.
