T.F.
Could it be he is repeating what he said or the response he received? I noticed my Nephew and my Daughter did that at about that age and sometimes they actually muttered loud enough that I could hear that was what was happening. It's almost as they are repeating it in their heads but their mouths follow a little bit. Watch to see if that makes sense as my thought was it's a developmental/learning stage related to audiation, an example for us is imagining a song in your head after you've heard it. If so, it goes away for the most part but I think we all have a tendency to repeat things we want to stick in our brains.