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That's true, but having said that, there are alleles that affect the nature of the language people speak. So there are alleles that give onre better facility at
by cabalamat 17y ago
That's true, but having said that, there are alleles that affect the nature of the language people speak. So there are alleles that give onre better facility at speaking tonal languages, and those alleles are (surprise, surprise) more common among populations that speak tonal languages (such as Chinese).
- tokenadult 17y agoSo there are alleles that give one better facility at speaking tonal languages Could you kindly provide references to a scientific study making that claim? I ask as a speaker of Chinese who learned Chinese as a second language.