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>> new research is showing its not just cute but essential for your little ones speech development. heres abcs linsey davis. >> hello, mikey. do you know who i am? >> reporter: just like in the movie "look whos talking," weve all spoken in this high-pitched, highly exaggerated language known as baby talk or parentese. >> oh, yeah, shes gone. >> reporter: a new study shows our babies may be benefitting from all that babbling. according to researchers at the university of washington in seattle, do...

Conversation with each other in their baby language. what were they saying? here is cnns jeanne moos. >> reporter: if you havent heard the talking twin babies by now, you havent been listening. >> dada. >> reporter: their mom put the video on her blog and it ended up on youtube and now these two raised baby talk to an art. but now talk has turned to what they are saying. >> they are not really saying anything. they are just babbling. they are imitating each other. >> reporter: dr. harriet kline ...

Theyre saying. >> theyre not really saying anything, theyre just babbling. >> ba ba ba ba ba ba. >> theyre imitating each other. one is perpetuating the babbling in the other. >> reporter: dr. harriet klein is a leader in speech development. those who arent have been providing their own subtitles. >> most people think theyre talking about socks. >> ba ba ba ba ba. pa ba ba ba ba ba. >> reporter: maybe they were talking about current events, a certain snake escape. >> ba ba ba ba ba ba. ba ba ba ...

Is an expert in speech development but those who respect are supplying their own subtitles. most people seem to think they were talking about socks. >> da, da, da. >> ah, da, da, da. >> ah. >> da, da, da. >> reporter: or maybe they were talking about current events, a certain snake escape. >> da, da. >> da, da, da. >> ah, da, da. >> reporter: others seemed disturbed by the babbling. [ dog howling ] >> reporter: there have been cases of twins who did seem to develop their own private lingo. there...