In the UK, a national poll as conducted of the most common first words spoken by babies. 

The most common first word was ”dadda” or ”dada,’ cited by 15% of those questioned, compared to ”mamma” or ”mama” mentioned by 10% of parents.

Apart from variations on ”mum” and ”dad,’ the most common first word was ”cat,” listed by 2% of parents.

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