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Swahili and Arabic History


Arabic and Swahili Language History


History

Origin
6th century   
512 CE   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Semitic   

Branch
Bantu   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
Not Available   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

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Early forms of Swahili and Arabic

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

  • Early forms of Swahili: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Arabic: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Swahili: Swahili.
  • Standard forms of Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic.
  • Signed forms of Swahili: Not Available
  • Signed forms of Arabic: Not Available

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Swahili and Arabic Language Family

In Swahili and Arabic history, you will get to know about Swahili 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. Swahili is a part of Niger-Congo Family while Arabic is a part of Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family. The subgroup and branch of Swahili is Benue-Congo and Bantu 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 Swahili and Arabic language on Swahili vs Arabic alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Swahili vs Arabic Language Rank

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

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