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There are no words that sound the same in every single language, but here are some words or syllables that are common in a lot of languages:
Words referring to "mother" often contain an "m" or the syllable "ma" or "am," e.g. "mama," "amma," etc.
Words referring to "father" often contain a "b" e.g. "baba," "ABBA," or "p," e.g. "papa."
In addition, most languages have borrowed Latin- and Greek-based words in science and technology that are often quite similar in a very large number of languages, e.g. "television," "microscope," etc.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoyou call them homonyms.
Homonyms - Words that sound the same but are spelled differently
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∙ 12y agoIt is called a homonym.
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∙ 11y agocognate
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∙ 15y agoTautology
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∙ 11y agoA sound
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∙ 8y agoCognates.
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onomatopoeia
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A word that sounds like it's meaning, for example the word slam is an onomatopoeia as it sounds like the noise made when a door slams
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What do you call a word written to look like its meaning?
onomatopoeia
