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Swahili and Sinhalese History


Sinhalese and Swahili Language History


History

Origin
6th century  
3  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
21  
19
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

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Early forms of Swahili and Sinhalese

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

  • Early forms of Swahili: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Sinhalese: Sinhalese Prakrit.
  • Standard forms of Swahili: Swahili.
  • Standard forms of Sinhalese: Modern Sinhalese.
  • Signed forms of Swahili: Swahili Sign Language
  • Signed forms of Sinhalese: Swahili Sign Language

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Swahili and Sinhalese Language Family

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

Swahili vs Sinhalese Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Swahili vs Sinhalese language rank. Swahili and Sinhalese history gives you Swahili and Sinhalese language rank. The Swahili language rank is 21. And Sinhalese language rank is 70. 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 Sinhalese.

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