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Irish and Welsh History


Welsh and Irish Language History


History

Origin
c. 750  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Celtic  

Branch
Goidelic  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Welsh  

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

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Early forms of Irish and Welsh

The Early forms of Irish and Welsh explains the evolution of Irish and Welsh languages which is under Irish and Welsh history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Irish and Welsh history we will understand how the Irish and Welsh languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Irish: Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish.
  • Early forms of Welsh: Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh.
  • Standard forms of Irish: An Caighdeán Oifigiúil.
  • Standard forms of Welsh: Welsh.
  • Signed forms of Irish: Irish Sign Language
  • Signed forms of Welsh: Irish Sign Language

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Irish and Welsh Language Family

In Irish and Welsh history, you will get to know about Irish and Welsh language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Irish is a part of Indo-European Family while Welsh is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Irish is Celtic and Goidelic resp. The subgroup and branch of Welsh is Celtic and Brythonic resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Irish and Welsh language on Irish vs Welsh alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Irish vs Welsh Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Irish vs Welsh language rank. Irish and Welsh history gives you Irish and Welsh language rank. The Irish language rank is not available. And Welsh language rank is not available. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Irish vs Welsh.

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