I heard this in a podcast and wanted to see the study: apparently, speaking a tonal language has a relationship with having an ear for perfect pitch

I grew up speaking several tonal languages alongside English and it was always easy for me to pick up music, and all tonal languages. I can perfectly mimic Vietnamese even if I don’t speak it, to the extent that Vietnamese aunties scold me for being a foreign born Vietnamese person with a poor vocabulary

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Tone Language Translates To Perfect Pitch: Mandarin Speakers More Likely To Acquire Rare Musical Ability

Could it be that cellist Yo-Yo Ma owes his perfect musical pitch to his Chinese parents? While we may never know the definitive answer, new research from the University of California, San Diego has found a strong link between speaking a tone language…

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