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Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic [1] [2] [3] ( Old Irish: Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; Irish: Sean-Ghaeilge; Scottish Gaelic: Seann-Ghàidhlig; Manx: Shenn Yernish or Shenn Ghaelg ), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive written texts. It was used from c. 600 to c. 900.
The reason for presenting Old Irish in this EIEOL series is twofold. First, it is the best known variety among the earliest surfacing stages of the Goidelic branch. Second, it shows not only. the specific linguistic features (isoglosses) of Common Celtic, but also. remarkable archaisms preserved from an early stage of Indo-European (IE ...
Goidelic languages historically formed a dialect continuum stretching from Ireland through the Isle of Man to Scotland. There are three modern Goidelic languages: Irish ( Gaeilge ), Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig ), and Manx ( Gaelg ). Manx died out as a first language in the 20th century but has since been revived to some degree.
Old Irish. is the oldest attested Goidelic language. The oldest surviving texts are the oldest Ogham inscriptions and glosses in Latin manuscripts (see introduction ). The language has a rich consonant inventory with fricatives alternating in a systematic fashion with plosives (see sounds ). The language is famous for its massive allomorphy ...
Goidelic languages, one of two groups of the modern Celtic languages; the group includes Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic.The Goidelic languages originated in Ireland and are distinguished from the other group of Insular Celtic tongues—the Brythonic—by the retention of the sound q (later developing to k, spelled c), where Brythonic has developed a p sound.
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The history of the Irish language begins with the period from the arrival of speakers of Celtic languages in Ireland to Ireland's earliest known form of Irish, Primitive Irish, which is found in Ogham inscriptions dating from the 3rd or 4th century AD. [1] After the conversion to Christianity in the 5th century, Old Irish begins to appear as ...
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Old Irish was a Goidelic language, and modern Goidelic languages like Irish and Scots Gaelic came from it. [1] People speaking Insular Celtic languages probably first came to Ireland at the start of the Iron Age, about 500 BC. [2] By around 500 AD, people in Ireland all had the same Goidelic language and culture. [2]
