Language code: `sga`

Technical information about ISO 639 language code sga

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

Code	`sga`
Name	Old Irish (to 900)
Text direction	Left-to-Right
Related languages	Primitive IrishMiddle IrishModern IrishScottish GaelicManx
Key facts	Earliest richly attested Celtic language, preserved mainly in 7th–9th-century manuscript glossesWritten with Insular Latin script that uses dots and abbreviations to mark lenitionExhibits extremely complex inflection, including initial-consonant mutations and infixed pronounsProvides some of the oldest vernacular poetry, law texts and tales in medieval EuropeDirect ancestor of the modern Goidelic languages (Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx)
Sample phrase	Día duit, cid fil tú?
Character encodings	UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32
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The Old Irish (to 900) language, identified by the code sga, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Historical' by its type.

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