Although the languages we speak differ across cultural and geographical regions, scholars argue that all human languages share universal characteristics. Which of the following is NOT a universal characteristic of all languages?

A. All languages have some way of stating the negatives and constructing interrogatives.
B. There is no natural relationship between any word and its referent.
C. All languages have some way of differentiating between singular and plural.
D. There is an inherent relationship between the sounds and their accompanying alphabet.


D. There is an inherent relationship between the sounds and their accompanying alphabet.

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