Langenesis

Indo-European family

Scottish Gaelic

c. 1200 CE – today Living

Scottish Gaelic (c. 1200 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Celtic → Primitive Irish → Old Irish → Middle Irish → Scottish Gaelic.

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Speakers
60K (60,000)
ISO 639-3
gla
Glottocode
scot1245

Diverged from Irish from about the 13th century; Classical Gaelic remained a shared literary standard until the 17th century.

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
  6. Scottish Gaelicc. 1200 CE – today

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Middle Irish.

Sources