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I would say "haha" exists in all languages but what do I know?

• Cthulhu_ 6y ago
  That's not a word though, that's an emotive sound, like crying. Sure, "haha" is a word you can use on the internet but it's the English interpretation of the sound laughter makes.
  • yorwba 6y ago
    Most languages probably have an "interpretation of the sound laughter makes" and across the languages I know it's a fricative-vowel syllable repeated several times. That's about the level of similarity shown for 'huh?' across languages in the study.
    • chownie 6y ago
      'Huh?' is significant because it forms a communicative purpose, it forms a request from listener to speaker to recall the previous spoken phrase. The study is showing that all languages have a sound for that purpose.
  • bishalb 6y ago
    Look up onomatopoeia