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Swahili and Indonesian History


Indonesian and Swahili Language History


History

Origin
6th century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indonesian  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Indonesian  

Language Position
21  
19
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

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Early forms of Swahili and Indonesian

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

  • Early forms of Swahili: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Indonesian: Old Malay.
  • Standard forms of Swahili: Swahili.
  • Standard forms of Indonesian: Indonesian.
  • Signed forms of Swahili: Swahili Sign Language
  • Signed forms of Indonesian: Swahili Sign Language

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Swahili and Indonesian Language Family

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

Swahili vs Indonesian Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Swahili vs Indonesian language rank. Swahili and Indonesian history gives you Swahili and Indonesian language rank. The Swahili language rank is 21. And Indonesian language rank is 56. 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 Indonesian.

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