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English and Chinese History


Chinese and English Language History


History

Origin
5th Century AD   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
3   
3
1   
1

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of English and Chinese

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

  • Early forms of English: Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English.
  • Early forms of Chinese: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of English: Standard English.
  • Standard forms of Chinese: Standard Chinese.
  • Signed forms of English: Signed English
  • Signed forms of Chinese: Signed English

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English and Chinese Language Family

In English and Chinese history, you will get to know about English and Chinese 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. English is a part of Indo-European Family while Chinese is a part of Sino-Tibetan Family. The subgroup and branch of English is Not Available and Not Available resp. The subgroup and branch of Chinese is Not Available and Not Available resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in English and Chinese language on English vs Chinese alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

English vs Chinese Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out English vs Chinese language rank. English and Chinese history gives you English and Chinese language rank. The English language rank is 3. And Chinese language rank is 1. 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 English vs Chinese.

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