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Language code: sga

Technical information about ISO 639 language code sga

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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

Standard

ISO 639-2, ISO 639-3

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

Supported in Localizely

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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