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BABBU Every toddler invents their

Nuria Quero

Nuria Quero


BABBU
Every toddler invents their own language. Babbu is my daughter Matilda's word for ball. By the time she says it correctly, I'll have already forgotten how it sounded.
Babbu is a private dictionary for the words only your child says, the mispronunciations, the invented names, the sounds that make sense to no one but you. No social features. No accounts. Just a growing archive of a specific, unrepeatable moment in your child's life.
✨ What it does
- Add a word as your child says it, plus what it actually means - Record their voice directly in the app - Automatically matches an illustration to the word's meaning, translating it from any language - Colour-code each card - Search your collection - Share a snapshot of the full dictionary with family as a single link
🛠️ Built with
Figma Make Anthropic API — icon matching with automatic translation Native browser MediaRecorder API — audio recording, no dependencies localStorage — fully private, lives on your device
🔮 What's next
Live sync so the dictionary stays up to date for everyone Family members can contribute words from their end Milestones view — first word, tenth, fiftieth A printed book of the whole dictionary
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Posted Jun 11, 2026

BABBU Every toddler invents their own language. Babbu is my daughter Matilda's word for ball. By the time she says it correctly, I'll have already forgotten...