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Afrikaans and Zulu History


Zulu and Afrikaans Language History


History

Origin
17th Century  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Western  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
23  
21
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

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Early forms of Afrikaans and Zulu

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

  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Early forms of Zulu: urban Zulu.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Standard forms of Zulu: Deep Zulu.
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  • Signed forms of Zulu: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

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Afrikaans and Zulu Language Family

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

Afrikaans vs Zulu Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Afrikaans vs Zulu language rank. Afrikaans and Zulu history gives you Afrikaans and Zulu language rank. The Afrikaans language rank is 23. And Zulu language rank is 87. 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 Zulu.

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