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Somali and Arabic History


Arabic and Somali Language History


History

Origin
19th century   
512 CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
83   
99+
25   
21

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

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Early forms of Somali and Arabic

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

  • Early forms of Somali: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Arabic: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Somali: Somali.
  • Standard forms of Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic.
  • Signed forms of Somali: Somali Sign Language
  • Signed forms of Arabic: Somali Sign Language

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Somali and Arabic Language Family

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

Somali vs Arabic Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Somali vs Arabic language rank. Somali and Arabic history gives you Somali and Arabic language rank. The Somali language rank is 83. And Arabic language rank is 25. 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 Somali vs Arabic.

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