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Japanese and English History

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1 History
1.1 Origin
1185
5th Century AD
1.2 Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
1.2.1 Subgroup
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1.2.2 Branch
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1.3 Language Forms
1.3.1 Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
1.3.2 Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard English
1.3.3 Language Position
83
Chinese Language History
1 120
1.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed English
1.4 Scope
Individual
Individual

History of Japanese and English

History of Japanese and English languages gives information about its origin, language family, language position, and early and standard forms. The Japanese language was originated in 1185 and English language was originated in 5th Century AD. Also you can learn About Japanese Language and About English Language. When we compare Japanese and English history the important points of comparison are its origin, language family and rank of both the languages.

Early forms of Japanese and English

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

  • Early forms of Japanese: Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese.
  • Early forms of English: Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English.
  • Standard forms of Japanese: Japanese.
  • Standard forms of English: Standard English.
  • Signed forms of Japanese: Signed Japanese
  • Signed forms of English: Signed Japanese

Japanese and English Language Family

In Japanese and English history, you will get to know about Japanese and English 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. Japanese is a part of Japonic Family while English is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Japanese is Not Available and Not Available resp. The subgroup and branch of English is Not Available and Not Available resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Japanese and English language on Japanese vs English alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Japanese vs English Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Japanese vs English language rank. Japanese and English history gives you Japanese and English language rank. The Japanese language rank is 8. And English language rank is 3. 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 Japanese vs English.