Middle Irish
E6802
Middle Irish is the historical stage of the Irish language spoken and written roughly between the 10th and 12th centuries, serving as a bridge between Old Irish and Early Modern Irish.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Middle Irish canonical | 23 |
| Middle Gaelic | 2 |
| Classical Irish | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Celtic language variety
ⓘ
Goidelic language ⓘ historical language stage ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Middle Irish
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Gaelic
|
| chronologicalPosition | between Old Irish and Early Modern Irish ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Old Irish ⓘ |
| developedInto | Early Modern Irish ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 1200 ⓘ |
| era | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| follows | Old Irish ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
increased use of periphrastic constructions
ⓘ
phonological changes from Old Irish ⓘ simplification of Old Irish inflection ⓘ transition toward Early Modern Irish grammar ⓘ |
| influenced |
Classical Modern Irish
ⓘ
Manx ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | historical language (no modern ISO 639-3 code as separate language) ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Celtic languages
ⓘ
Goidelic ⓘ
surface form:
Goidelic languages
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| linguisticStatus | bridge stage between Old Irish and Early Modern Irish ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish language ⓘ |
| precedes | Early Modern Irish ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Gaelic Ireland ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ireland
ⓘ
Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ
surface form:
Isle of Man
parts of Scotland ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 900 ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Goidelic branch of Celtic languages ⓘ |
| typicalGenre |
didactic literature
ⓘ
genealogies ⓘ hagiography ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Irish monastic scholars
ⓘ
scribes ⓘ secular poets ⓘ |
| usedFor |
historical annals
ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ religious texts ⓘ sagas and narrative literature ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
10th century
ⓘ
11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
| writingTradition | manuscript culture ⓘ |
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Middle Gaelic
this entity surface form:
Classical Irish
this entity surface form:
Middle Gaelic
subject surface form:
filid