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Afrikaans and Xhosa History


Xhosa and Afrikaans Language History


History

Origin
17th Century   
16th 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   
isiXhosa   

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Afrikaans and Xhosa

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

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

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Afrikaans and Xhosa Language Family

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

Afrikaans vs Xhosa Language Rank

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

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