Langenesis

Indo-European family

Welsh

1500 CE – today Living

Welsh (1500 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Celtic → Common Brittonic → Old Welsh → Middle Welsh → Welsh.

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Speakers
540K (540,000)
ISO 639-3
cym
Glottocode
wels1247

Modern Welsh; the 1588 Bible translation shaped the literary standard. Speaker figure is the 2021 census count (age 3+).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1,200 BCE – 800 BCE
  3. Common Brittonicc. 500 BCE – 550 CE
  4. Old Welshc. 800 CE – 1150 CE
  5. Middle Welshc. 1150 CE – 1500 CE
  6. Welsh1500 CE – today

Sources