Little Italian girl talking with her hands

Are Italians by nature more manually voluble than other people?

 

Selected readings

• "Learning to speak Sicilian" (2/10/20) — some similar hand gestures
• "Baby talk" (12/21/10)
• "Baby talk, part 2" (8/19/18)
• "Twin talk" (3/31/11) — watch video here and here
• "The babbling phase: ranting toddler speaks out" (9/2/10)
• "Ask LL: parents' beliefs or infants' abilities?" (10/29/09)
• "Canine backtalk" (10/25/19)
• "Annoyed dog responding to the Islamic 'Call to Prayer'" (12/29/15)
• "Bird language" (6/15/17)
• "Barking roosters and crowing dogs" (2/18/18)