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The second group of conditions is also well satisfied by the animal world. The cultural background is connected here with acquiring new sounds. Namely, the young learn meanings of given sounds from their parents, so that their language can be said to be handed down from generation to generation. It is worth mentioning here that some animals have dialects specific of the groups they belong to. On this basis scientists can establish, for example, from which region a given chimpanzee comes from. Moreover, ornithologists say that young larks learn singing from their parents. Spontaneity in using a language is connected with a situation when a creature is able to use a language because it wants to, irrespective of the external circumstances. Some parrots, for example, repeat words they have learnt even though there is no purpose for them to do it. Using a dialog is also typical of most animals, birds respond to requests addressed by their young (for instance when the young are hungry, their parents bring them some food).