historical language
language used in a historical period, but distinct from related modern forms
Syriac
dialect of Middle Aramaic
Middle English
stage of the English language from about the 12th through 15th centuries
Old English
earliest historical form of English
Middle Dutch
collective name of Dutch dialects of the High and Late Middle Ages
Late Middle Japanese
Form of Japanese spoken from the 12th century through the 16th century
Biblical Hebrew
archaic form of the Hebrew language
Middle Armenian
language of the second period in written Armenian
Middle Cornish
language
Old Czech
early form of the Czech language
Old Malay
name used for the language found on several inscriptions in Sumatra and Java
Old Lombard
earliest form of Lombard
Old French
Gallo-Romance dialect continuum spoken from the 9th century to the middle of the 14th century
Old Persian
language of Achaemenid Empire and ancestor of Middle Persian
Middle Irish
Goidelic language which was spoken in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man from the 10th to 12th centuries
proto-language
postulated common ancestor of a language family
Middle Breton
extinct language
Old Spanish
early form of the Spanish language in use between the 10th and 15th centuries
Ptolemaic Egyptian
dead language
Old Sundanese
earliest recorded stage of the Sundanese language
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
Western Aramaic dialect
Old Georgian
literary language of Georgian monarchies in the 5th century
Old Frisian
West Germanic language spoken between the 13th and 16th centuries
Old Dutch
set of Franconian dialects spoke in the Low Countries during the Early Middle Ages
Old Korean
earliest attested form of the Korean language
Middle High German
historical form of High German
Middle French
historical variety of French used c. 1350–1600
Old Welsh
old form of Welsh: a Brythonic, Insular Celtic language
Insular Japonic
Branch of the Japonic languages
Middle Persian
southwestern Iranian language, predecessor to New Persian
Chagatai
extinct Turkic language of Central Asia
Bulgar
extinct Oghur Turkic language
Proto-Romanian
comparatively reconstructed common ancestor of the Balkan Romance languages
Middle Low German
developmental stage of Low German that has evolved from the Old Saxon language in the High Middle Ages
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Western Aramaic dialect
Old Breton
form of the Breton language before the 11th century
Old Burmese
early form of the Burmese language
Old Turkic
earliest attested form of Turkic, found in Göktürk and Uyghur inscriptions dating from about the 7th century to the 13th century
Ancient Greek
forms of Greek used from around the 9th century BCE to the 6th century CE
ancient language
language originated in times that may be referred to as ancient
Classical Nahuatl
lingua franca that was spoken in the Valley of Mexico in the 16th century
Classical Tibetan
common form of the Tibetan language written between the 10th and 12th centuries
Classical Gaelic
historical Gaelic language standard
Early Modern Japanese
stage of the Japanese language following Middle Japanese and preceding Modern Japanese
Old Slovak
a version of Slovakized Czech
Old Lithuanian
language
Old Nubian
ancient variety of the Nubian language
Classical Chinese
language of the Sino-Tibetan language family in written form (ISO 639-3: lzh) as opposed to the spoken, known as Old Chinese (ISO 639-3: och) or Middle Chinese (ISO 639-3: ltc)
Koine Greek
common dialect of Greek spoken and written in the ancient world
Classical Armenian
oldest attested form of the Armenian language