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Swedish and Afrikaans History


Afrikaans and Swedish Language History


History

Origin
13th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Swedish and Afrikaans

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

  • Early forms of Swedish: Old Swedish.
  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Standard forms of Swedish: Standard Swedish.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Signed forms of Swedish: Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")

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Swedish and Afrikaans Language Family

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

Swedish vs Afrikaans Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Swedish vs Afrikaans language rank. Swedish and Afrikaans history gives you Swedish and Afrikaans language rank. The Swedish language rank is 89. 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 Swedish vs Afrikaans.

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