Modern Irish
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Modern Irish is the contemporary Goidelic Celtic language spoken primarily in Ireland, descended from earlier stages such as Old and Middle Irish.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Celtic language
→
Goidelic language → Indo-European language → standardized language → |
| derivedFrom |
Early Modern Irish
→
|
| follows |
Early Modern Irish
→
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Gaeilge
→
Irish → |
| hasDialect |
Connacht Irish
→
Munster Irish → Ulster Irish → |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
VSO word order
→
case system → grammatical gender → inflected prepositions → synthetic verb forms → |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
English
→
French → Latin → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
initial consonant mutation
→
|
| hasPredecessor |
Middle Irish
→
Old Irish → |
| hasStandardForm |
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
→
|
| iso639-1Code |
ga
→
|
| iso639-2Code |
gle
→
|
| iso639-3Code |
gle
→
|
| languageBranch |
Celtic languages
→
|
| languageFamily |
Indo-European languages
→
|
| languageSubbranch |
Goidelic languages
→
|
| officialStatus |
first official language of Ireland
→
official language of the European Union → recognized minority language in Northern Ireland → |
| partOf |
Goidelic branch of Celtic languages
→
|
| primaryCountry |
Ireland
→
|
| regulatingBody |
Foras na Gaeilge
→
|
| spokenIn |
Gaeltacht regions of Ireland
→
Irish diaspora communities → Northern Ireland → Republic of Ireland → |
| subclassOf |
Irish language
→
|
| taughtAs |
school subject in Ireland
→
|
| timePeriod |
from late 17th century to present
→
|
| usedFor |
Irish-language media
→
education in Irish-medium schools → literature → official government documents in Ireland → religious services → |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Old Irish
→
|
ancestorOf |
|
Early Modern Irish
→
|
basisFor |
|
Early Modern Irish
→
|
followedBy |