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Irish and Afrikaans History


Afrikaans and Irish Language History


History

Origin
c. 750   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Germanic   

Branch
Goidelic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Irish and Afrikaans

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

  • Early forms of Irish: Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish.
  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Standard forms of Irish: An Caighdeán Oifigiúil.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Signed forms of Irish: Irish Sign Language
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Irish Sign Language

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Irish and Afrikaans Language Family

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

Irish vs Afrikaans Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Irish vs Afrikaans language rank. Irish and Afrikaans history gives you Irish and Afrikaans language rank. The Irish language rank is not available. 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 Irish vs Afrikaans.

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