Do cats respond to different languages?

Do cats respond to different human languages or accents? A recent study suggests they most certainly do!

Anecdotal evidence suggests that cats become used to the tone, rhythm and other aspects of our individual voices, which go beyond the language itself.

You and a friend may say the same word, for example, but it will sound different to the listener. Cats may be incredibly sensitive to such differences.

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Biologists at the California Institute of Technology recently shared that, “in both animals and humans, vocal signals used for communication contain a wide array of different sounds that are determined by the vibrational frequencies of vocal cords.”

Some of these are likely unique to specific individuals, while others (in the case of humans) are directed by the language or the person’s accent.

So, if you have a good rapport with your feline, your speech patterns are probably music to your cat’s ears.

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