Early Modern Irish, (Irish: Nua-Ghaeilge Luath)^[1] also called Classical Irish (Irish: Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach) or Classical Gaelic, is the form of the Irish language used as a literary language in Ireland from the 13th to the 17th century and in Scotland from the 13th to the 18th century.^[2][3] Ethnologue gives the name "Hiberno-Scottish Gaelic" (and the ISO/DIS 639-3 code ghc) to this purely written language. Percentage of Irish speakers by county; Northern Ireland is also included. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization which studies lesser-known languages primarily to provide the speakers with Bibles in their native language. ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.gaeilge.ie/language/default.asp?toggle=yes&lang=ga&catID=6 Foras na Gaeilge
2. ^ Mac Eoin, Gearóid (1993). "Irish", in in Martin J. Ball (ed.): The Celtic Languages. London: Routledge, 101–44. ISBN 0-415-01035-7. 
3. ^ Breatnach, Liam (1994). "An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach", in in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, and L. Breatnach (eds.): Stair na Gaeilge in ómós do Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish). Maynooth: Department of Old Irish, St. Patrick's College, 335–445. ISBN 0-901519-90-1. 

External links

• Hiberno-Scottish Gaelic at Ethnologue

Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization which studies lesser-known languages primarily to provide the speakers with Bibles in their native language. ...

Image File history File links Ccross. ... The history of the Irish language begins with the arrival of speakers of Celtic languages in Ireland. ... Primitive Irish is the oldest known form of the Irish language, known only from fragments, mostly personal names, inscribed on stone in the Ogham alphabet in Ireland and western Britain up to about the 6th century. ... Old Irish is the name given to the oldest form of the Irish language which can be, more or less, fully reconstructed from extant sources. ... Middle Irish is the name given by historical philologists to the form of the Irish language from the 10th to 16th centuries; it is therefore a contemporary of Middle English. ... Early Modern Irish, also called Classical Irish or Classical Gaelic, is the form of the Irish language used as a literary language in Ireland from the 13th to the 17th century and in Scotland from the 13th to the 18th century. ... Percentage of Irish speakers by county; Northern Ireland is also included. ... Connacht Irish is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in the province of Connacht. ... Munster Irish is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in the province of Munster. ... Newfoundland Irish (Irish: Gaeilge Talamh an Éisc) is a dialect of the Irish language specific to the island of Newfoundland and widely spoken until the mid-20th century. ... Ulster Irish is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in the province of Ulster. ... Irish, like all modern Celtic languages, is characterized by its initial consonant mutations. ... The morphology of Irish is in some respects typical of an Indo-European language. ... The declension of Irish nouns, the definite article, and the adjectives is discussed on this page. ... Irish verb forms are constructed either synthetically or analytically. ... The phonology of Irish varies from dialect to dialect; there is no standard pronunciation of the language. ... Irish syntax is rather different from that of most Indo-European languages, notably because of its VSO word order. ... Irish orthography has a reputation as being very difficult to learn and bearing only a tenuous relationship to the pronunciation. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... The word Corcaigh in the Gaelic-script font of same name. ...