Old Welsh

Old Welsh
Kembraec
Native to	Wales and western England
Era	Evolved into Middle Welsh about the 12th century
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Brittonic Western Brittonic Old Welsh
Early form	Common Brittonic
Writing system	Ogham, Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	owl
Glottolog	oldw1241

Old Welsh (Kembraec; Welsh: Hen Gymraeg) is the stage of the Welsh language from about 800 AD until the early 12th century when it developed into Middle Welsh. The preceding period, from the time Welsh became distinct from Common Brittonic around 550, has been called "Primitive" or "Archaic Welsh".