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Definition of irish language in English English dictionary: or Gaelic language Celtic language of Ireland, written in the Latin alphabet introduced with Christianity in the 5th century. Irish is conventionally divided into three periods: Old Irish (600- 950), Middle Irish ( 950-1200), and Modern Irish (from 1200). Ogham writing predates Old Irish. Old and Middle Irish are the vehicles of a rich literature of prose tales and verse. Classical Modern Irish was the exclusive literary medium in Ireland and Scottish Gaeldom into modern times (see Scottish Gaelic language). Literacy in Irish declined under English rule; by 1800 it was all but an unwritten language. The deaths and emigration resulting from the Irish Potato Famine and a massive shift to English afterward drastically reduced the number of Irish-speakers. Irish was revived as a literary language in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and with Irish independence (1921) it was made official. Though it is a true community language only for a small number of people on Ireland's western coast in what are called Gaeltachts, hundreds of thousands of Irish citizens and people of Irish descent have some competence in Irish

irish language

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I·rish lan·guage

ayrîş länggwıc

/ˈīrəsʜ ˈlaɴɢgwəʤ/ /ˈaɪrɪʃ ˈlæŋɡwəʤ/

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