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There exist multiple programming language paradigms. Like Imperative programming, Functional programming, Object-Oriented programming, etc. Each with a different 'focus' or 'worldview'.
Do such paradigms exist in natural languages or 'they are all of the same sort'?
There is an entire field of study called Linguistic typology which classifies languages according to various criteria. One or more of the divisions described there may be viewed as analogous to the paradigmatic classification of programming languages.
Maybe the Alignment of case marking with several systems neutral, nominative-accusative, ergative-absolutive, active-inactive, and tripartite can be compared to the different paradigms in programming languages. All languages can still express the same things (comparable to being Turing-complete in programming languages) but their viewpoints are quite different.
