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Afrikaans and English History


English and Afrikaans Language History


History

Origin
17th Century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Afrikaans and English

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

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

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Afrikaans and English Language Family

In Afrikaans and English history, you will get to know about Afrikaans 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. Afrikaans is a part of Indo-European Family while English is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Afrikaans is Germanic and Western resp. The subgroup and branch of English is Not Available and Not Available 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 English language on Afrikaans vs English alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Afrikaans vs English Language Rank

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

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