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When do babies start talking?

Your baby will probably be able to talk – using a few simple words to express meaning – around their first birthday.

But learning to talk is a complex process that starts at birth and continues for years.

Long before your baby says their first word, they're learning the rules of language and how adults use it to communicate.

Your baby will begin by using their tongue, lips, palate, and any emerging teeth to make sounds (cries at first, then coos in the first few months, and babbling around 4 months).

As your baby babbles more expertly, around 6 months old, you may hear word-like sounds such as "ma-ma," "ba-ba," and "da-da." This doesn't count as real talking, though, because your baby doesn't yet understand the meaning of these words.

By around 8 to 12 months old, your baby will begin to attach meaning to words.

They'll keep gaining words, and sometime around age 2, they'll begin to form two-word sentences. As your baby mak

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