Babies are born with the ability to recognize and distinguish:
A)only the phonemes of the language their parents speak.
B)all phonemes.
C)all morphemes.
D)only the phonemes of languages similar to their native language.

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Infants are born with the ability to recognize and distinguish between all phonemes, regardless of the language their parents speak or the languages they are exposed to. However, as they grow and their language exposure becomes more limited to their native language, they become more specialized in recognizing and distinguishing only the phonemes and morphemes of their native language.

Babies Are Born with the Ability to Recognize and Distinguish