Middle Irish

Middle Irish
Middle Gaelic
Gaoidhealg
Pronunciation	[ˈɡəiðeɫɡ]
Region	Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, North West England
Era	c. 900–1200
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Goidelic Middle Irish
Early forms	Primitive Irish Old Irish
Writing system	Latin (Gaelic alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	mga
ISO 639-3	mga
Glottolog	midd1360

Middle Irish, also called Middle Gaelic (Irish: An Mheán-Ghaeilge, Scottish Gaelic: Meadhan-Ghàidhlig, Manx: Mean Ghaelg), is the Goidelic language which was spoken in Ireland, most of Scotland, and the Isle of Man from c. 900–1200 AD; it is therefore a contemporary of Late Old English and Early Middle English. Early Modern Irish, and by extension the modern Goidelic languages—Later Modern Irish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic and Manx Gaelic—are all descendants of Middle Irish.