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Afrikaans and German History


German and Afrikaans Language History


History

Origin
17th Century   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Afrikaans and German

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

  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Early forms of German: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Standard forms of German: German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German.
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  • Signed forms of German: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

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Afrikaans and German Language Family

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

Afrikaans vs German Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Afrikaans vs German language rank. Afrikaans and German history gives you Afrikaans and German language rank. The Afrikaans language rank is not available. And German language rank is 9. 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 German.

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