Language Universals and Linguistic Typology

Language universals are features or patterns that appear in most or all languages worldwide, such as using words for numbers or having different sounds for emotions. Linguistic typology studies how languages differ and are similar in their structures, like word order or verb forms. Together, they help us understand both the common threads that connect all languages and the variety in how languages can organize meaning and sounds. This helps linguists classify languages and understand human language as a universal human ability.