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Afrikaans and Swahili History


Swahili and Afrikaans Language History


History

Origin
17th Century   
6th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Western   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

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Early forms of Afrikaans and Swahili

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

  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Early forms of Swahili: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Standard forms of Swahili: Swahili.
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  • Signed forms of Swahili: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

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Afrikaans and Swahili Language Family

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

Afrikaans vs Swahili Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Afrikaans vs Swahili language rank. Afrikaans and Swahili history gives you Afrikaans and Swahili language rank. The Afrikaans language rank is not available. And Swahili language rank is not available. 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 Swahili.

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