Early Modern Irish
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Early Modern Irish is the historical stage of the Irish language used roughly between the 13th and 17th centuries, serving as the basis for the modern Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx languages.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Goidelic language variety
ⓘ
historical language stage ⓘ stage of the Irish language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Irish language
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Gaelic
Middle Irish ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Irish
|
| basisFor |
Manx
ⓘ
Modern Irish ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| developsFrom |
Middle Irish
ⓘ
Old Irish ⓘ |
| endTimeApproximate | c. 1650 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Manx
ⓘ
Modern Irish ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| follows | Middle Irish ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
VSO basic word order
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ conservative orthography ⓘ inflected prepositions ⓘ initial consonant mutations ⓘ relatively standardized literary norm ⓘ |
| influenced |
Manx
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Manx
Early Modern Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Goidelic
ⓘ
surface form:
Celtic
Goidelic ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish language ⓘ |
| standardFormOf |
Irish language
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Gaelic
|
| startTimeApproximate | c. 1200 ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf |
Celtic languages
ⓘ
Goidelic ⓘ
surface form:
Goidelic languages
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Insular Celtic languages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Gaelic learned orders in Scotland
ⓘ
learned classes in Gaelic Ireland ⓘ professional poets (filí) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
annals and chronicles
ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ poetry ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
13th century
ⓘ
14th century ⓘ 15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ |
| usedInTerritory |
Ireland
ⓘ
Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ
surface form:
Isle of Man
Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Irish minuscule
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.