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Avalonian has four known historical stages: | Avalonian has four known historical stages: | ||
1) Pre-Avalonian (500 BCE to 250 CE). | 1) Pre-Avalonian (500 BCE to 250 CE). Not directly attested and known from internal reconstruction and its treatment of ancient Vasconic loans. Koldo Mitxelena's work on Pre-Basque was critical for reconstructing Pre-Avalonian. | ||
2) Old Avalonian (250 CE to 1000 CE). | 2) Old Avalonian (250 CE to 1000 CE). Directly attested from the 6th Century CE with the introduction of writing by Christian missionaries. | ||
3) Middle Avalonian (1000 CE to 1500 CE). | 3) Middle Avalonian (1000 CE to 1500 CE). The period when Avalonian literacy began to come into its own. | ||
4) Modern Avalonian (1500 CE to Present). | 4) Modern Avalonian (1500 CE to Present).The era of printing and mass literacy. The latest | ||
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