Some scholars have tried to identify patterns common to all languages, but apart from some basic features, like having nouns or verbs, few of these so-called linguistic universals have been found.

一些学者尝试找到适用于所有语言的规则，但是除了一些基本的属性，比如所有语言都有名词和动词，所谓的语言上的共性几乎是不存在的。

(This may be why the names often feature two repeated syllables, to distinguish them from random sounds .) It is hard to find linguistic universals amid the world's dazzling variety.

（这可能就是为什么名字通常有两个重复的音节，以区别于随机的声音。 ）在世界上令人眼花缭乱的多样性中很难找到语言的普遍性。