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Tamil and Swahili History


Swahili and Tamil Language History


History

Origin
300 BC   
6th century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Tamil   
Swahili   

Language Position
18   
16
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Tamil   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

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Early forms of Tamil and Swahili

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

  • Early forms of Tamil: Old Tamil and Middle Tamil.
  • Early forms of Swahili: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Tamil: Modern Tamil.
  • Standard forms of Swahili: Swahili.
  • Signed forms of Tamil: Signed Tamil
  • Signed forms of Swahili: Signed Tamil

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Tamil and Swahili Language Family

In Tamil and Swahili history, you will get to know about Tamil and Swahili 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 Swahili is a part of Niger-Congo Family. The subgroup and branch of Tamil is Not Available and Not Available resp. The subgroup and branch of Swahili is Benue-Congo and Bantu 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 Swahili language on Tamil vs Swahili alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Tamil vs Swahili Language Rank

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

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