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

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