But they can't really be called words until there's intent, and that doesn't typically happen until after 12 months of age By The Canadian Press Published May 05, 2016 3 minute read ...

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A border collie with a "vocabulary" of more than 200 words can learn new ones as quickly as a toddler, scientists have shown. Nine-year-old Rico belongs to a family in Germany.

Toddlers learn their first words better from people than from Teletubbies, according to new research at Wake Forest University. The study was published in the June 21 issue of Media Psychology.