Primitive Irish
E4691
Primitive Irish is the earliest attested form of the Irish language, known primarily from Ogham inscriptions dating from the early centuries CE.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Celtic language
→
Goidelic language → ancient language → |
| associatedWithRegion |
Wales
→
southern Ireland → southwestern Britain → southwestern Ireland → |
| attestedIn |
Ogham inscriptions
→
|
| branchOf |
Goidelic languages
→
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Proto-Irish (reconstructed)
→
|
| developsInto |
Old Irish morphology
→
Old Irish phonology → |
| earliestAttestation |
Ogham inscriptions
→
|
| evidenceType |
epigraphic evidence
→
|
| followedBy |
Old Irish
→
|
| follows |
Proto-Goidelic
→
|
| graphemicSystem |
Ogham letter names based on trees and other terms
→
|
| hasApproximateNumberOfInscriptions |
around 400 Ogham inscriptions
→
|
| hasFeature |
conservative representation of Proto-Celtic phonology
→
early Goidelic sound changes → lack of extensive inflectional evidence → largely phonetic spelling in Ogham → limited attested vocabulary → |
| hasWritingMedium |
edge of standing stones
→
stone monuments → |
| ISOStatus |
has no separate ISO 639-3 code
→
|
| languageFamily |
Celtic languages
→
Indo-European languages → |
| lexifierOf |
later stages of the Irish language
→
|
| mainContentOfInscriptions |
genealogies
→
personal names → |
| notAttestedIn |
continuous manuscripts
→
|
| partOf |
history of the Irish language
→
|
| phonologicalFeature |
contrast between voiced and voiceless stops
→
preservation of final syllables later lost in Old Irish → |
| primaryFunctionOfInscriptions |
commemorative
→
funerary → territorial markers → |
| scriptDirection |
typically bottom-to-top
→
|
| studiedInDiscipline |
Celtic studies
→
historical linguistics → |
| subclassOf |
Old Irish language stages
→
|
| timePeriod |
approximately 4th to 6th centuries CE
→
early centuries CE → |
| usedIn |
Ireland
→
western Britain → |
| writingSystem |
Ogham script
→
|
| writingSystemType |
alphabetic script
→
|
Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Goidelic
→
Old Irish → |
developedFrom |
|
Goidelic
→
|
earliestStage |
|
Old Irish
→
|
follows |
|
Proto-Goidelic
→
|
gaveRiseTo |
|
Manx
→
|
hasAncestor |
|
Irish language
→
|
hasOldForm |
|
Ogham script
→
|
languageWritten |
|
Proto-Goidelic
→
|
precedes |