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Old Irish

oldest widely attested Goidelic Celtic language (c. 600 – c. 900); extinct language with ISO 639-3 code sga
Intangible dead_language Q35308
Old Irish
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Summary

Old Irish is a dead language[1]. It draws 1,799 Wikipedia views per month (dead language category, ranking #18 of 160).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: historical language[3]
  • Subclass of: Irish[4]
  • Writing system: Latin script[5]
  • Start time: 600[6]
  • End time: 950[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Old Irish[8]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 0[9]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SGA[10]
  • Linguistic typology: verb–subject–object[11], nominative–accusative language[12], stress-timed language[13], fusional language[14]

Why It Matters

Old Irish has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 903
    Sitelink count → 46
    Wikipedia languages → ['ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo',
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 903, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7326835|Irish, Old (to 900) (#7326835)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 4w ago · Loenstock · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arlima id → 18676
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Arlima id: 18676"
  3. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i73185
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 06973688-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
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