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Afrikaans and Portuguese History


Portuguese and Afrikaans Language History


History

Origin
17th Century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Romance  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Portuguese  

Language Position
23  
21
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

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Early forms of Afrikaans and Portuguese

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

  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Early forms of Portuguese: Medieval Galician.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Standard forms of Portuguese: Portuguese.
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  • Signed forms of Portuguese: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

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Afrikaans and Portuguese Language Family

In Afrikaans and Portuguese history, you will get to know about Afrikaans and Portuguese 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 Portuguese is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Afrikaans is Germanic and Western resp. The subgroup and branch of Portuguese is Romance and 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 Portuguese language on Afrikaans vs Portuguese alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Afrikaans vs Portuguese Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Afrikaans vs Portuguese language rank. Afrikaans and Portuguese history gives you Afrikaans and Portuguese language rank. The Afrikaans language rank is 23. And Portuguese language rank is 6. 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 Portuguese.

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