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Amharic and Swahili History


Swahili and Amharic Language History


History

Origin
13th century   
6th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Swahili   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

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Early forms of Amharic and Swahili

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

  • Early forms of Amharic: Ge'ez.
  • Early forms of Swahili: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Amharic: Amharic.
  • Standard forms of Swahili: Swahili.
  • Signed forms of Amharic: Signed Amharic
  • Signed forms of Swahili: Signed Amharic

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Amharic and Swahili Language Family

In Amharic and Swahili history, you will get to know about Amharic and Swahili 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. Amharic is a part of Afro-Asiatic Family while Swahili is a part of Niger-Congo Family. The subgroup and branch of Amharic is Semitic and Ethiopic resp. The subgroup and branch of Swahili 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 Amharic and Swahili language on Amharic vs Swahili alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Amharic vs Swahili Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Amharic vs Swahili language rank. Amharic and Swahili history gives you Amharic and Swahili language rank. The Amharic language rank is 55. And Swahili 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 Amharic vs Swahili.

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