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Afrikaans and Dutch History


Dutch and Afrikaans Language History


History

Origin
17th Century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
Not Available   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Afrikaans and Dutch

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

  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Early forms of Dutch: Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Standard forms of Dutch: Standard Dutch.
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  • Signed forms of Dutch: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

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Afrikaans and Dutch Language Family

In Afrikaans and Dutch history, you will get to know about Afrikaans and Dutch 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. Afrikaans is a part of Indo-European Family while Dutch is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Afrikaans is Germanic and Western resp. The subgroup and branch of Dutch is Germanic and Western resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Afrikaans and Dutch language on Afrikaans vs Dutch alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Afrikaans vs Dutch Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Afrikaans vs Dutch language rank. Afrikaans and Dutch history gives you Afrikaans and Dutch language rank. The Afrikaans language rank is not available. And Dutch language rank is 48. 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 Afrikaans vs Dutch.

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