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Preferred term

corCornish  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Cornish (Kernowek or Kernewek) is a Brythonic Celtic language and a recognised minority language of the United Kingdom. Along with Welsh and Breton, it is directly descended from the ancient British language spoken throughout much of Britain before the English language came to dominate. The language continued to function as a common community language in parts of Cornwall until the late 18th century. Some children used the language to converse in, and families used it as a language of the home through the 19th century and possibly into the 20th. Some elderly speakers were known to be still living into the 20th century including one still alive in 1914. A process to revive the language was started in the early 20th century, continuing to this day.

Entry terms

  • Cornish language

ISO 639-1 code

  • kw

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • cor

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • cor

ISO 639-3 code

  • cor

Notation

  • cor

In other languages

  • cornique

    French

  • Cornique
  • Kornisch

    German

  • Kornische Sprache
  • cornico

    Italian

  • Lingua cornica
  • córnico

    Portuguese

  • Língua córnica
  • córnico

    Spanish

  • Idioma córnico

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/cor

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