- Uses sounds in play, e.g. brrrm for toy car
- Uses single words
- Frequently imitates words and sounds
- Enjoys babbling and increasingly experiments with using sounds
- Uses words to communicate for a range of purposes (e.g. teddy, more, no, bye-bye)
- Uses pointing with eye gaze, and then fingers or hands, to make requests and to share an interest
- Creates personal words as they begin to develop language