Indeed. A strong link between genes and phoneme inventories is very unlikely, since as far as we know, all typically developing babies are born wired to the lea

Indeed. A strong link between genes and phoneme inventories is very unlikely, since as far as we know, all typically developing babies are born wired to the learn the phoneme inventory of any human language equally well. It is only later (starting at around 5-9 months of age) that the perceptual system begins to specialize in the target language(s) the baby is exposed to.