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Norwegian and Afrikaans History


Afrikaans and Norwegian Language History


History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Germanic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
18  
16
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

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Early forms of Norwegian and Afrikaans

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

  • Early forms of Norwegian: Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian.
  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Standard forms of Norwegian: Nynorsk, Bokmål.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Signed forms of Norwegian: Signed Norwegian
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Signed Norwegian

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Norwegian and Afrikaans Language Family

In Norwegian and Afrikaans history, you will get to know about Norwegian and Afrikaans 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. Norwegian is a part of Indo-European Family while Afrikaans is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Norwegian is Germanic and Northern (Scandinavian) resp. The subgroup and branch of Afrikaans is Germanic and Western resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Norwegian and Afrikaans language on Norwegian vs Afrikaans alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Norwegian vs Afrikaans Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Norwegian vs Afrikaans language rank. Norwegian and Afrikaans history gives you Norwegian and Afrikaans language rank. The Norwegian language rank is 18. And Afrikaans language rank is 23. 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 Norwegian vs Afrikaans.

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