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But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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Languages That Aren't Written Have Names for Sounds

Languages that aren't written have names for sounds too. Do you think there is a named sound for every animal, even animals that don't really make sounds? No, if the animal doesn't really have a cultural importance, then we don't really need a sound for the sound that it makes. In Turkish, they don't have a pig sound because in the culture, the pig is not in farms and these sort of settings which children's books will be about.

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