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Swahili and Afrikaans History


Afrikaans and Swahili Language History


History

Origin
6th century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Germanic  

Branch
Bantu  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
21  
19
23  
21

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

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

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Early forms of Swahili and Afrikaans

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

  • Early forms of Swahili: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Standard forms of Swahili: Swahili.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Signed forms of Swahili: Swahili Sign Language
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Swahili Sign Language

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Swahili and Afrikaans Language Family

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

Swahili vs Afrikaans Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Swahili vs Afrikaans language rank. Swahili and Afrikaans history gives you Swahili and Afrikaans language rank. The Swahili language rank is 21. 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 Swahili vs Afrikaans.

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