Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cats have a unique language constructed especially for humans and made of meows. Susanne Schötz, a specialist in human melody at ...

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Once you’ve lived with a cat long enough, you might find yourself talking to it. Your cat meows at you and you’ll say something back — or even meow in response. This is a common exchange — for humans.

Meeaaaoow rises like a question mark before dawn. Anyone living with a cat knows their sounds: broken chirrups like greetings, low growls that warn, purrs stitched into sleepy conversation.