How language shapes the minds of infants: our early listening, in our mother tongue, stays with us throughout our lives. More evidence on the fundamental power of language in our cultural development. From the article:

”Please remember that [the] language learning process occurs very early in life, and useful language knowledge is laid down in the very early months of life as our study suggests,” [Dr Jiyoun Choi] said.

”Try to talk to your babies as much as possible because they are absorbing and digesting what you are saying.”

The process of acquiring language starts extremely early, even while the child is still in the womb. Babies have learned their mother’s voice by the time they are born.