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Afrikaans and Shona History


Shona and Afrikaans Language History


History

Origin
17th Century   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Western   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Not Available   

Language Position
Not Available   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Afrikaans and Shona

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

  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Early forms of Shona: Not Available.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Standard forms of Shona: Not Available.
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  • Signed forms of Shona: Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

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Afrikaans and Shona Language Family

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

Afrikaans vs Shona Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Afrikaans vs Shona language rank. Afrikaans and Shona history gives you Afrikaans and Shona language rank. The Afrikaans language rank is not available. And Shona language rank is 107. 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 Shona.

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