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| Alb. | babil | Bee-eater, 265 |
| Aroman. | bâbâlescu | to prattle |
| Roman. | bîbîliu | to prattle |
| Franç. | babiolo, babillard | Whitethroat, 362 |
| Franç. | babiller | to chatter |
| Ital.: Vercelli | babaié | ciarlare a vuoto |
| Gallego | baballarda | loquacity |
| Franç. | babil | chattering, warbling |
| Franç.:SR | baboler | to babble, mumble |
| Germ.: Horgen | drü baabeli | Blackbird, 343 |
| Germ.: VS | geissbebeler, bobinär | Tawny Owl, 239 |
| Germ. | babbeln | to chatter |
| Engl. | to babble | to utter sounds indistinctly |
| Engl. | babbler | talkative; Reed Warbler, 374 |
| Esp.: Ast. | bable | a local speech |
| Norsk, Dan. | bable | to stammer |
| Bulg. | bâblja | to murmur |
| Czech | beblati | to stammer |
| Franç.:SR | baboler | to babble, mumble |
| Sumer. | babela | parole |
| Anc.Greek | Babylon | The etym. bàb-ilu "the gate of the gods"(in Klein) |
| is a Semitic etymology given to a European word. Babylon located at the crossroads of the first civilization was almost certainly a cosmopolitan city where several languages were spoken; this gave rise to the legend of the Babel tower |
| Germ. | schwabbeln | (b>v) ro ramble on |
| Germ.: reg. | baumschwabbl | Pied Flycatcher, 332 |
| Engl. | bubbly-jock | Turkey, 5 |
| Sbc. | bublak | Black Grouse, 8 |