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French and Dutch History


Dutch and French Language History


History

Origin
9th Century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
13   
12
48   
35

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of French and Dutch

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

  • Early forms of French: Old French, Middle French and French.
  • Early forms of Dutch: Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch.
  • Standard forms of French: Standard French.
  • Standard forms of Dutch: Standard Dutch.
  • Signed forms of French: le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  • Signed forms of Dutch: le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

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French and Dutch Language Family

In French and Dutch history, you will get to know about French and Dutch 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. French is a part of Indo-European Family while Dutch is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of French is Romance and Not Available resp. The subgroup and branch of Dutch 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 French and Dutch language on French vs Dutch alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

French vs Dutch Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out French vs Dutch language rank. French and Dutch history gives you French and Dutch language rank. The French language rank is 13. And Dutch language rank is 48. 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 French vs Dutch.

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