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This is what I’ve heard as well. Ba/~~Da~~/Ma/Pa are the first sounds we interpret as “words” coming from babies.
My first words were "boba" and "kiki" but my parents were both abstract two-dimensional shapes so that might have affected things.
not Da as that is not bilabial
What about dad's labia?
Is Ma?
According to (German) Wikipedia M is not part of the list of bilabial sounds
If you can make an ‘m’ sound with only one lip I would certainly like to hear it.
how is M not a bilabial sound!?
a bilabial consanant is one made with only your lips.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_nasal