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Arabic and Swahili History


Swahili and Arabic Language History


History

Origin
512 CE   
6th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
North Arabic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Swahili   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

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Early forms of Arabic and Swahili

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

  • Early forms of Arabic: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Swahili: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic.
  • Standard forms of Swahili: Swahili.
  • Signed forms of Arabic: Signed Arabic
  • Signed forms of Swahili: Signed Arabic

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Arabic and Swahili Language Family

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

Arabic vs Swahili Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Arabic vs Swahili language rank. Arabic and Swahili history gives you Arabic and Swahili language rank. The Arabic language rank is 25. 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 Arabic vs Swahili.

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