第一个研究发表在《声音期刊》上，关注出生在德语与普通话的家庭的婴儿。第二个研究发布在《话语、语言和听觉》上，比较了德国婴儿和喀麦隆尼索家庭里说林姆索语言的孩子。

Unlike German (and English), both Mandarin and Lamnso are both tonal languages, in which a single combination of sounds can create multiple words; the meaning of a spoken word changes depending on the pitch the speaker uses.

不像德语（和英语），普通话和林姆索都是声调语言，几个音的组合就可以创造出多个词，说的词语意义的转化取决于说话的音高。

Accordingly, the Chinese and Nso babies both cried more melodically than their German counterparts: their pitches reached higher highs and lower lows, and their cries also fluctuated in pitch more quickly.

同样，中国和尼索的婴儿比起德国的婴儿来说，哭起来更具韵律：其音高可以达到至高和极低，哭声音高起伏速率也快。

Together, the two studies suggest that babies are learning the nuances of speech even before they’re born, absorbing information about pitch from their mothers while still in the womb.

合起来看，两研究表明小宝宝在出生前就学会了语言的细微差别，还在子宫里就跟妈妈吸收了音高方面的讯息。

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