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German and Afrikaans History


Afrikaans and German Language History


History

Origin
6th Century AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of German and Afrikaans

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

  • Early forms of German: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Standard forms of German: German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Signed forms of German: Signed German
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Signed German

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German and Afrikaans Language Family

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

German vs Afrikaans Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out German vs Afrikaans language rank. German and Afrikaans history gives you German and Afrikaans language rank. The German language rank is 9. And Afrikaans 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 German vs Afrikaans.

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