Langenesis

Indo-European family

Middle Irish

c. 900 CE – 1200 CE Extinct

Middle Irish (c. 900 CE – 1200 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 3 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Celtic → Primitive Irish → Old Irish → Middle Irish.

See Middle Irish on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
mga

Common literary language of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. Ancestor of Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1,200 BCE – 800 BCE
  3. Primitive Irishc. 300 CE – 600 CE
  4. Old Irish600 CE – 900 CE
  5. Middle Irishc. 900 CE – 1200 CE

Descendants 3

Sources