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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Primitive Irish canonical | 12 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Celtic language
ⓘ
Goidelic language ⓘ ancient language ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Wales
ⓘ
southern Ireland ⓘ southwestern Britain ⓘ southwestern Ireland ⓘ |
| attestedIn | Ogham inscriptions ⓘ |
| branchOf |
Goidelic
ⓘ
surface form:
Goidelic languages
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Proto-Goidelic
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Irish (reconstructed)
|
| developsInto |
Old Irish morphology
ⓘ
Old Irish ⓘ
surface form:
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 language family ⓘ
surface form:
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 (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.