Language code: `mga`

Technical information about ISO 639 language code mga

The table below provides technical details for the Middle Irish (900-1200) language, designated by the mga code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code	`mga`
Name	Middle Irish (900-1200)
Text direction	Left-to-Right
Related languages	Old IrishModern IrishScottish GaelicManx
Key facts	Spoken roughly between 900–1200 CETransitional stage bridging Old Irish and the modern Goidelic languagesMajor manuscripts include the Book of Leinster, Lebor na hUidre and the Yellow Book of LecanWritten in the Insular Latin alphabet (Gaelic script) with early use of the acute accent to mark vowel lengthRetains Old Irish’s rich inflection but shows beginnings of grammatical simplification
Sample phrase	Dia duit, cia atá tú?
Character encodings	UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32
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The Middle Irish (900-1200) language, identified by the code mga, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Historical' by its type.

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