Old Welsh

Old Welsh
Old Welsh
Native to	Wales
Era	Evolved into Middle Welsh about the 12th century
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Brittonic Old Welsh; ; ; ;
Early forms	Common Brittonic Western Brittonic ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	owl
Linguist List	owl
Glottolog	oldw1241 Old Welsh

Old Welsh (Welsh: Hen Gymraeg) is the stage of the Welsh language from about 800 AD until the early 12th century when it developed into Middle Welsh. The preceding period, from the time Welsh became distinct from Common Brittonic around 550, has been called "Primitive" or "Archaic Welsh".

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