Pronunciation [ˈɡɯːʝeɫɡ] | ||
Native to Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man Era Evolved into Early Modern Irish/Classical Gaelic about the 12th century Language family Indo-European
Celtic
Insular Celtic
Goidelic
Middle Irish Early forms Primitive Irish
Old Irish Writing system Latin (Gaelic alphabet) | ||
Middle Irish (sometimes called Middle Gaelic) is the Goidelic language which was spoken in Ireland, most of Scotland and the Isle of Man from the 10th to 12th centuries; it is therefore a contemporary of late Old English and early Middle English. The modern Goidelic languages—Irish, Scottish and Manx—are all descendants of Middle Irish.
The Lebor Bretnach, the "Irish Nennius", survives only from manuscripts preserved in Ireland; however, Thomas Owen Clancy has argued that it was written in Scotland, at the monastery in Abernethy.
References
Middle Irish Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA