Cornish (Standard Written Form: Kernewek or Kernowek, pronounced [kəɾˈnuːək]) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. Along...
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The Cornish people or Cornish (Cornish: Kernowyon, Old English: Cornƿīelisċ) are an ethnic group native to, or associated with Cornwall and a recognised...
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The Cornish language revival (Cornish: dasserghyans Kernewek, lit. ''resurrection of Cornish'') is an ongoing process to revive the use of the Cornish language...
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refer to: Cornish language, a Brittonic Southwestern Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Cornwall Cornish people Cornish Americans...
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Identifying the last native speaker of the Cornish language was a subject of academic interest in the 18th and 19th centuries, and continues to be a subject...
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derived from the Cornish language. The Cornish language is a Celtic language of the Brythonic branch, as are the Welsh and Breton languages. In addition to...
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Cornish surnames are surnames used by Cornish people and often derived from the Cornish language such as Jago, Trelawney or Enys. Others have strong roots...
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The Cornish Language Partnership (Cornish: Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek [kɛskɔˈwɛθjans an ˈtavɛs kɛrˈnɛwɛk], [kɛskɔˈwɛθjɐnz ɐn ˈtævɐzs kərˈnuːɐk])...
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Urdu. British Sign Language is sometimes used as well as liturgical and hobby languages such as Latin and a revived form of Cornish. Welsh is a de jure...
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Cornish Americans (Cornish: Amerikanyon gernewek) are Americans who describe themselves as having Cornish ancestry, an ethnic group of Brittonic Celts...
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allowed Cornish to be reconstructed by a small group of Celtic enthusiasts in the 20th century as part of the Celtic Revival. These Cornish language revivalists...
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Cornish nationalism is a cultural, political and social movement that seeks the recognition of Cornwall – the south-westernmost part of the island of...
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The Brittonic languages (also Brythonic or British Celtic; Welsh: ieithoedd Brythonaidd/Prydeinig; Cornish: yethow brythonek/predennek; and Breton: yezhoù...
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Cornish wrestling (Cornish: Omdowl Kernewek) is a form of wrestling that has been established in Cornwall for many centuries and possibly longer. It is...
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Southwestern Brittonic languages (Breton: Predeneg ar mervent, Cornish: Brythonek Dyghowbarthgorlewin) are the Brittonic Celtic languages spoken in what is...
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remain in use. Many Cornish dialect words have their origins in the Cornish language and others belong to the West Saxon group of dialects which includes...
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The Cornish Nationalist Party (CNP; Cornish: An Parti Kenethlegek Kernow) is a political party founded in 1975. It initially campaigned for independence...
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Dolly Pentreath (redirect from Last Cornish speaker)
1692 – 26 December 1777) was a Cornish fishwife. She is one of the last known fluent speakers of the Cornish language. She is also often credited as the...
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(/ˈɡeɪlɪk/ GAY-lik), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch...
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The Cornish diaspora (Cornish: keskar kernewek) consists of Cornish people and their descendants who emigrated from Cornwall, United Kingdom. The diaspora...
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Cornish literature refers to written works in the Cornish language. The earliest surviving texts are in verse and date from the 14th century. There are...
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Cornish grammar is the grammar of the Cornish language (Kernewek or Kernowek), an insular Celtic language closely related to Breton and Welsh and, to...
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Culture of Cornwall (redirect from Cornish culture)
decline, Cornish culture has undergone a strong revival, and many groups exist to promote Cornwall's culture and language today. The Cornish language is a...
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Cornish Australians (Cornish: Ostralians kernewek) are citizens of Australia who are fully or partially of Cornish heritage or descent, an ethnic group...
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History of Cornwall (redirect from Cornish History)
century BCE, the spoken language was Common Brittonic, and that would develop into Southwestern Brittonic and then the Cornish language. Cornwall was part...
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BBC Radio Cornwall (section Cornish language output)
Cornish language. A five-minute weekly news bulletin, An Nowodhow, is broadcast every Sunday at 1.55pm. When Radio Cornwall was first set up Cornish language...
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West Country English (category Language articles without speaker estimate)
example of a work in the dialect. The Cornish language (and Breton) descended from the ancient British language (Brythonic/Brittonic) that was spoken...
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six living languages: the four continuously living languages Breton, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh, and the two revived languages Cornish and Manx....
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Common Brittonic (redirect from British language (Celtic))
(Welsh: Brythoneg; Cornish: Brythonek; Breton: Predeneg), also known as British, Common Brythonic, or Proto-Brittonic, is a Celtic language historically spoken...
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Cornish mythology is the folk tradition and mythology of the Cornish people. It consists partly of folk traditions developed in Cornwall and partly of...
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