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Reddit mentions of Sociolinguistic Typology: Social Determinants of Linguistic Complexity (Oxford Linguistics)
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On the one hand, that is a very SAE (Standard Average European) perspective. There's nothing more improbable about Swahili noun classes than the Russian case system or English plurals (completely redundant in most cases). Semitic roots are probably the way you'd want to structure language if you had a choice.
Plus why focus on morphology? The English article or tense system are incredibly complicated when coming from languages that don't have them and seem entirely improbable.
But on the other hand, the question of stability and change is a good one. Peter Trudgill's most recent thesis is that many features (like dual) actually are not very stable in the face of increasing group size. His latest book may offer some answers for you: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sociolinguistic-Typology-Determinants-Linguistic-Linguistics/dp/0199604355.