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Afrikaans and Bengali History


Bengali and Afrikaans Language History


History

Origin
17th Century   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Bengali   

Language Position
Not Available   
4   
4

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Afrikaans and Bengali

The Early forms of Afrikaans and Bengali explains the evolution of Afrikaans and Bengali languages which is under Afrikaans and Bengali history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Afrikaans and Bengali history we will understand how the Afrikaans and Bengali languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Early forms of Bengali: Abahatta, Old Bengali.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Standard forms of Bengali: Bengali.
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  • Signed forms of Bengali: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

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Afrikaans and Bengali Language Family

In Afrikaans and Bengali history, you will get to know about Afrikaans and Bengali language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Afrikaans is a part of Indo-European Family while Bengali is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Afrikaans is Germanic and Western resp. The subgroup and branch of Bengali is Indo-Iranian and Indic resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Afrikaans and Bengali language on Afrikaans vs Bengali alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Afrikaans vs Bengali Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Afrikaans vs Bengali language rank. Afrikaans and Bengali history gives you Afrikaans and Bengali language rank. The Afrikaans language rank is not available. And Bengali language rank is 4. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Afrikaans vs Bengali.

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