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History

Origin
9th Century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
-  

Branch
Brythonic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Standard English  

Language Position
31  
29
3  
3

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

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Early forms of Welsh and English

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

  • Early forms of Welsh: Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh.
  • Early forms of English: Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English.
  • Standard forms of Welsh: Welsh.
  • Standard forms of English: Standard English.
  • Signed forms of Welsh: Welsh Sign Language
  • Signed forms of English: Welsh Sign Language

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Welsh and English Language Family

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

Welsh vs English Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Welsh vs English language rank. Welsh and English history gives you Welsh and English language rank. The Welsh language rank is 31. 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 Welsh vs English.

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