Talk:Old Welsh
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[edit] Requested merge
Please see Talk:Welsh language regarding a potential merge with British language (Celtic).--Mais oui! 14:30, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] periods of Welsh
Linguists usually classify 4 periods of Welsh as follows:
Early Welsh is considered to exist from the time that it definitely separated from Brythonic (which cannot be dated at all accurately for lack of written evidence but which is guessed to be the 6th or 7th century) to the end of the 8th century.
Old Welsh is considered to run from the beginning of the 9th century to the end of the 11th century
Middle Welsh is considered to run from the early 12th century to the 14th century and is followed by Modern Welsh.
The article on Old Welsh appears to cover the period of both Early Welsh and Old Welsh.
Ref: Datblygiad yr iaith Gymraeg, Henry Lewis, 1931, chapter 8 (in Welsh)
Lloffiwr 13:22, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
