I have only had my Senegal for 3 months he already started to talk. His first word was "WHAT". I think he said it because when he calls for me I would walk over and say what alot or what are you doing. His second was hello (I tried teaching him that one). His first whole sentence was I LOVE YOU, which he just recently started saying. I have it posted on you tube under skittles the senegal parrot says I love you, he says it very clearly about 32 seconds into the video. He is starting to say the phrase what are you doing (I say that a lot to him too). He does a lot of garbling too which is hard to understand but I can tell he is trying to say something.
He talks the most when I am giving him kisses and talking and playing with him. He doesn't do it much when he is in the cage.
Annie