RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and SemanticsRUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics2313-22992411-1236Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)7347Word Morphology as the Background of Typological Characteristics of LanguagesShirokovaA VКафедра общего и русского языкознания; Российский университет дружбы народов; Peoples' Friendship University of Russiakaf_yazik_rudn@mail.ruPeoples' Friendship University of Russia150120101495608092016Copyright © 2010, Shirokova A.V.2010The article deals with the language classification principles proceeding from their morphological features while studying Indo-European inflexion languages.comparative and typological linguisticslanguage typea category of form in languageсопоставительно-типологическое языкознаниетип языкаформа в языке