At what age can untrained listeners distinguish whether a recording of babbling is from an infant raised in an Arabic, Chinese, or French-speaking environment?

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Research shows that at around 9 months, untrained listeners can distinguish the difference between babbling from infants raised in Arabic, Chinese, and French-speaking environments. This suggests that at this age, infants have already started to attune to the specific phonetic patterns of their native language.

At What Age Can Untrained Listeners Distinguish Whether a Recording