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Language Milestones

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Language develops in a predictable sequence of cooing, babbling, single words, two-word phrases, and full sentences.

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Recordings across dozens of languages place babbling near six months and first words near a year.

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The sequence is reliable and its timing varies widely. Deviation in timing is not deviation in order.