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Indonesian and Swahili History


Swahili and Indonesian Language History


History

Origin
7th Century   
6th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Swahili   

Language Position
56   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

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Early forms of Indonesian and Swahili

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

  • Early forms of Indonesian: Old Malay.
  • Early forms of Swahili: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Indonesian: Indonesian.
  • Standard forms of Swahili: Swahili.
  • Signed forms of Indonesian: Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  • Signed forms of Swahili: Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")

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Indonesian and Swahili Language Family

In Indonesian and Swahili history, you will get to know about Indonesian 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. Indonesian is a part of Austronesian Family while Swahili is a part of Niger-Congo Family. The subgroup and branch of Indonesian is Indonesian and Not Available 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 Indonesian and Swahili language on Indonesian vs Swahili alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Indonesian vs Swahili Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Indonesian vs Swahili language rank. Indonesian and Swahili history gives you Indonesian and Swahili language rank. The Indonesian language rank is 56. 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 Indonesian vs Swahili.

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