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Afrikaans and Norwegian History


Norwegian and Afrikaans Language History


History

Origin
17th Century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

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Early forms of Afrikaans and Norwegian

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

  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Early forms of Norwegian: Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Standard forms of Norwegian: Nynorsk, Bokmål.
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  • Signed forms of Norwegian: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

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Afrikaans and Norwegian Language Family

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

Afrikaans vs Norwegian Language Rank

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

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