This is pretty confusing issue among the Pentecostal \'churches\'. I know of some Oneness Pentecostals who \'speak in tongues\' while they deny the Holy Trinity. That speaks enough for itself.
When it comes to \'speaking in tongues\' on the day of Pentecost those people were given the gifts of Latin, Arabic and other spoken languages and not some gibberish babbling. It\'s all the same in 1Cor. Read the commentary of St.John Chrysostom on ch 12, 13 and 14. As far as I recall Chrysostom doesn\'t state that those were some ecstatic unspoken languages. St. Paul says that tongues are a \'sign to them that believe not\' and then quotes Isaiah. The whole thing is related to Jewish people. They refused the clear message of repentance preached by the OT prophets, they also largely refused the words of the apostles spoken to them in the languages they were born in /except those 3000 who repented and believed/ so the tongues were rather a sign of forthcoming judgment on them.
The situation in Corinth is somewhat different. They all spoke Greek there and there was no need to preach to them in any other language and thus create a confusion which is exactly what some did. What was the point of them loudly and disorderly speaking Arabic, Latin etc. while those who didn\'t understand those languages could not say amen. Besides, the languages were a sign to UNBELIEVING Jews.
What happens nowdays in the modern neo- Protestant Charismatic world is just one big confusion. Their \'tongues\' are just a sign of their confusion.
It\'s incredible that your friend relates the infant baptism to \'speaking in tongues\' as a prrof of indwelling Spirit.
When you read the end of ch12 of 1Cor you\'ll see that not all spoke in tongues, just like not all were apostles and had gifts of healing etc...
Nonetheless, as others suggested, show her love and humbleness so she can see the truth and be saved from the wretched distortion she is entangled with
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