You are at a daycare centre and you hear three 12-month-old babies babbling, each baby from a different racial/ethnic background (Asian, Hispanic, and Caucasian). What should be true of the babbling of each of these infants?

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According to research on babbling, infants tend to produce sounds that are specific to the language spoken around them. This means that infants from different racial/ethnic backgrounds are likely to produce babbling sounds that reflect the phonemes and intonation patterns of their respective native languages. So, the babbling of each infant is likely to be different from one another, and similar to the sounds of their parents' native language.

You Are at a Daycare Centre and You Hear Three