language of instruction
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

animal language
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

urban language
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

descriptive linguistics
type: Concept
narrower: linguistic typology

native language
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

figurative language
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

oral language
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

child language
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

language universals
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

sign language
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

mutual intelligibility
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

tone languages
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

distinctive features (language)
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

artificial languages
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

symbolic language
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

programming languages
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

uncommonly taught languages
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

languages for special purposes
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

official languages
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology

linguistic typology
narrower: tone languages
narrower: animal language
narrower: symbolic language
narrower: computer languages
narrower: native language
narrower: sign language
narrower: oral language
narrower: mutual intelligibility
narrower: language of instruction
narrower: distinctive features (language)
narrower: figurative language
narrower: artificial languages
narrower: uncommonly taught languages
narrower: urban language
narrower: official languages
narrower: languages for special purposes
narrower: language universals
narrower: child language
narrower: programming languages
broader: descriptive linguistics
type: Concept
definition: Language types and language typology refer to characterizing languages of the world by similarities and differences in their structural forms and in their functional uses. They also refer to characterizing them according to language families where there is evidence that the languages have common structural relationships that are consistent with some “parent” language (i.e., genetic classification). [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Language, Types of]

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: linguistic typology

computer languages
type: Concept
broader: linguistic typology