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Swahili and Malagasy History


Malagasy and Swahili Language History


History

Origin
6th century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Austronesian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
21  
19
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

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Early forms of Swahili and Malagasy

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

  • Early forms of Swahili: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Malagasy: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Swahili: Swahili.
  • Standard forms of Malagasy: standard Malagasy.
  • Signed forms of Swahili: Swahili Sign Language
  • Signed forms of Malagasy: Swahili Sign Language

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Swahili and Malagasy Language Family

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

Swahili vs Malagasy Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Swahili vs Malagasy language rank. Swahili and Malagasy history gives you Swahili and Malagasy language rank. The Swahili language rank is 21. And Malagasy language rank is 84. 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 Malagasy.

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