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Kirundi and Shona History


Shona and Kirundi Language History


History

Origin
1500  
20th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
86  
99+
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Signed Shona  

Scope
-  
Individual  

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Early forms of Kirundi and Shona

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

  • Early forms of Kirundi: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Shona: Old Shona and Middle Shona.
  • Standard forms of Kirundi: Kirundi.
  • Standard forms of Shona: Standard Shona.
  • Signed forms of Kirundi: Kirundi Sign Language
  • Signed forms of Shona: Kirundi Sign Language

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Kirundi and Shona Language Family

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

Kirundi vs Shona Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Kirundi vs Shona language rank. Kirundi and Shona history gives you Kirundi and Shona language rank. The Kirundi language rank is 86. And Shona language rank is 107. 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 Kirundi vs Shona.

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