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Name: Old Irish

Alternate Names: Gadhelisch; altirische

Code: sga

Code Authority: ISO 639-3

Code Standard: LINGUIST List

Families: Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)

Parent Language: Primitive Irish; Archaic Irish (pgl)

Child Languages: Middle Irish; Gadhelisch (mga) Gaelic, Scottish; Gaelic (Scots); Scottish Gaelic; Scotch-Gaelic; Gàidhlig; Gaelic; Scots Gaelic; Albannach Gaidhlig; Erse; Gadhelisch (gla) Manx; Gaelg; Gailck; Manx Gaelic; Gadhelisch (glv)

Brief Description: A language of Ireland and Western Scotland. The ancestor of modern Irish. 600 - 900 AD.

Endangerment Status

Linguist List Status: Extinct

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