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7 unusual facts about Cornish Language


Andrew Climo

Climo, a Cornish language speaker established the Cornish language journal An Gowsva, which he continued to edit until 2004.

In 1996 he led the development of the first Cornish language web site, called The Cornish Language Advisory Service on behalf of Agan Tavas, a Cornish language group.

In 2003, and under pressure from a delegation by the Cornish Constitutional Convention, Nick Raynsford, the then Minister for Local Government reported that the government would include the Cornish language within the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

Baden Teague

The Teague family is Cornish, originating in Cornwall, United Kingdom, the name meaning "fair/beautiful" in the Cornish language.

Cornish language

Frederick Jago published his English-Cornish Dictionary in 1882.

Early Cornish texts

Specimens of Middle Cornish texts are given here in Cornish and English.

Nigel Pengelly

The Pengelly family originates in Cornwall, United Kingdom, the name meaning "head of the grove" in the Cornish language.


Bernard Deacon

“Cornish or Klingon?: the standardization of the Cornish language”; Exeter, The University of Exeter Press; Cornish studies edited by Philip Payton, New series, No.

Celliwig

Their influence gave Callington its modern name in Common Cornish; Kelly Bray (Cornish:Kellibregh 'dappled grove') is located just to the north.

Cornish literature

Twelve of Edmund Bonner's Homelies to be read within his diocese of London of all Parsons, vycars and curates (1555; nine of these were by John Harpsfield) were translated into Cornish by John Tregear, and are now the largest single work of traditional Cornish prose.

Cornish Rebellion of 1497

The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 (Cornish: Rebellyans Kernow) was a popular uprising by the people of Cornwall in the far southwest of Britain.

Helen Rule

In 2002 she landed her first film role, after completing a Performing Arts course, in a Cornish language feature film Hwerow Hweg.

Julyan Holmes

Born in 1948, Holmes has worked on such topics as Cornish placenames, the Prophecy of Merlin of John of Cornwall, and the writings of the Penwith School.

Sperris Quoit

The word "Sperris" is believed to have been derived from the identical Cornish word "sperris", which means hobgoblin, ghost, or sprite, whereas the word "Quoit" is believed to derive from the Old French word "coite", and means "a large flat stone atop a cromlech", or tomb.

Talkin

According to A. M. Armstrong, et al., the first element, tal, means "brow" or "end" in Brittonic and modern Welsh, Cornish, and Breton.

The House on the Strand

It is set in and around Kilmarth (where Daphne du Maurier lived from 1967) near the Cornish village of Tywardreath, which in fact translates from the Cornish language as "House on the Strand".

Unified Cornish

Unified Cornish (UC) (Kernewek Unyes, KU) is a variety of the Cornish language of the Cornish revival.


see also

Brandivy

Brandivy is notable for its "Breizh - Kernow Festival" (Breizh = Brittany in Breton; Kernow = Cornwall, United Kingdom, in the Cornish language) which takes place at Easter.

Cornish Nationalist Party

It also gave support to the Cornish language, and commemorated Thomas Flamank, a leader of the Cornish Rebellion in 1497, at an annual ceremony at Bodmin on 27 June each year.

Kernewek Kemmyn

In 1987 Kesva an Taves Kernewek (Cornish Language Board) voted to adopt the Kernewek Kemmyn form of Cornish as its standard.

Ricatus

The sixteenth-century Cornish language drama Beunans Meriasek ('The Life of St Meriasek') at lines 2463-65 mentions four Cornish kings.

Vanessa Beeman

When visiting Cornwall she stayed with her paternal grandfather, Sidney Hocking, who was Cornish and had Henry Jenner's A Handbook of the Cornish Language among his Cornish book collection.