Old Welsh
E520578
Old Welsh is the earliest documented stage of the Welsh language, attested in early medieval Britain and forming the linguistic ancestor of Middle and Modern Welsh.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Welsh canonical | 5 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Celtic language
ⓘ
historical language ⓘ stage of the Welsh language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Middle Welsh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Modern Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
charters
ⓘ
glosses in Latin manuscripts ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ legal texts ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Old Breton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Cornish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Common Brittonic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Primitive Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Middle Welsh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Modern Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
VSO basic word order
ⓘ
case distinctions in pronouns ⓘ grammatical gender ⓘ inflected prepositions ⓘ initial consonant mutation system ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | owl ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Brythonic languages
ⓘ
Celtic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| partOf |
history of the Welsh language
ⓘ
medieval Welsh literature tradition ⓘ |
| precedes | Middle Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Kingdom of Dyfed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Gwynedd NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Powys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Insular Celtic language
ⓘ
P-Celtic language ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
circa 10th century
ⓘ
circa 8th century ⓘ circa 9th century ⓘ early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedBy | early Welsh-speaking Britons ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative records
ⓘ
legal documentation ⓘ religious glosses ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Wales
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early medieval Britain ⓘ western Britain ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.