My Bella, whom I introduced elsewhere in this forum a couple days ago, doesn't talk practically at all. The most I hear from her is the tiniest little thready mew, quite endearing. But that's it. She's the most silent cat I've ever had, bar none, and I've had nine "long-term" (meaning I had them all their lives) cats. I have had three who weren't with me long, including my first, a wonderful Siamese I bought when I was in my senior year of college knowing nothing about cats, and whom I re-homed because my grad school roommate said Sophia cried so much in my absence that she, the roommate, would move out -- in hindsight I should have said, "Well, you'll just have to do that," and maybe then gotten a second cat. The two others were a mother cat and kitten; the mother kept attacking the kitten and I promptly returned them to the person I'd gotten them from. That would make twelve cats in my life. But the other nine I cared for until they were old and passed away. Bar none, Bella is the quietest cat I've ever known. My little rescue cat, Jamie, who gets along with Bella famously, and Bella with her (I made sure to introduce them to each other properly and it worked out very well) makes a sort of running commentary on her life from moment to moment, quite endearing little chirps, chirp-mews, and other sounds, so she makes up for Bella. So: you're not in a unique situation. Unlike Bella, your kitty is affectionate, so I wouldn't worry about her not uttering the sounds Bengals are famous for.
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