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Swahili and English History


English and Swahili Language History


History

Origin
6th century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Standard English  

Language Position
21  
19
3  
3

Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

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Early forms of Swahili and English

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

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

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Swahili and English Language Family

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

Swahili vs English Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Swahili vs English language rank. Swahili and English history gives you Swahili and English language rank. The Swahili language rank is 21. And English language rank is 3. 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 English.

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