Early Modern Welsh

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Early Modern Welsh is the historical stage of the Welsh language used roughly between the 15th and 18th centuries, marking the transition from medieval to modern Welsh in literature and everyday use.

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Label Occurrences
Early Modern Welsh canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical stage of a language
stage of the Welsh language
endTime 18th century
follows Middle Welsh NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Classical Welsh
Cymraeg cynnar modern NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic continuity with Middle Welsh vocabulary
development of a more fixed word order
emergence of a literary standard
greater influence of English loanwords
increasing standardisation of spelling
orthographic variation in early phases
transition in grammar towards Modern Welsh patterns
hasDomain Celtic studies
historical linguistics
philology
hasNotableWork William Morgan Bible NERFINISHED
hasRole transition between Middle Welsh and Modern Welsh
influenced Modern Welsh literary style
Modern Welsh orthography
influencedBy English language
Middle Welsh NERFINISHED
languageBranch Brittonic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Celtic languages
partOf history of the Welsh language
precedes Modern Welsh
startTime 15th century
subfamilyOf Welsh language NERFINISHED
timeInForce circa 1400s to 1700s
usedBy Welsh speakers
usedFor administrative documents
everyday communication
literature
religious texts
usedIn Wales NERFINISHED
usedInContext Reformation religious literature
early printed books in Wales
usedInGenre biblical translation
historical chronicles
legal texts
poetry
prose
usedInPeriod 15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Middle Welsh precedes Early Modern Welsh