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Yoruba and Malagasy History


Malagasy and Yoruba Language History


History

Origin
4 BC   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Austronesian   

Branch
Kwa   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
49   
36
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

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Early forms of Yoruba and Malagasy

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

  • Early forms of Yoruba: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Malagasy: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Yoruba: Yorùbá.
  • Standard forms of Malagasy: standard Malagasy.
  • Signed forms of Yoruba: Yoruba Sign Language
  • Signed forms of Malagasy: Yoruba Sign Language

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Yoruba and Malagasy Language Family

In Yoruba and Malagasy history, you will get to know about Yoruba and Malagasy 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. Yoruba is a part of Niger-Congo Family while Malagasy is a part of Austronesian Family. The subgroup and branch of Yoruba is Western Sudanic and Kwa resp. The subgroup and branch of Malagasy is Austronesian and Indonesian resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Yoruba and Malagasy language on Yoruba vs Malagasy alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Yoruba vs Malagasy Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Yoruba vs Malagasy language rank. Yoruba and Malagasy history gives you Yoruba and Malagasy language rank. The Yoruba language rank is 49. And Malagasy language rank is 84. 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 Yoruba vs Malagasy.

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