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Swahili and Malaysian History


Malaysian and Swahili Language History


History

Origin
6th century  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
21  
19
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

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Early forms of Swahili and Malaysian

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

  • Early forms of Swahili: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Malaysian: Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,.
  • Standard forms of Swahili: Swahili.
  • Standard forms of Malaysian: Pluricentric Standard Malay.
  • Signed forms of Swahili: Swahili Sign Language
  • Signed forms of Malaysian: Swahili Sign Language

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Swahili and Malaysian Language Family

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

Swahili vs Malaysian Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Swahili vs Malaysian language rank. Swahili and Malaysian history gives you Swahili and Malaysian language rank. The Swahili language rank is 21. And Malaysian language rank is 54. 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 Malaysian.

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