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Tamil and Afrikaans History


Afrikaans and Tamil Language History


History

Origin
300 BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Modern Tamil   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
18   
16
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Tamil   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Tamil and Afrikaans

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

  • Early forms of Tamil: Old Tamil and Middle Tamil.
  • Early forms of Afrikaans: Cape dutch or kitchen dutch.
  • Standard forms of Tamil: Modern Tamil.
  • Standard forms of Afrikaans: Standard Afrikaans.
  • Signed forms of Tamil: Signed Tamil
  • Signed forms of Afrikaans: Signed Tamil

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Tamil and Afrikaans Language Family

In Tamil and Afrikaans history, you will get to know about Tamil 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. Tamil is a part of Dravidian Family while Afrikaans is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Tamil is Not Available and Not Available 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 Tamil and Afrikaans language on Tamil vs Afrikaans alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Tamil vs Afrikaans Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Tamil vs Afrikaans language rank. Tamil and Afrikaans history gives you Tamil and Afrikaans language rank. The Tamil language rank is 18. 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 Tamil vs Afrikaans.

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