Cornish/Resources

Resources

• [1] Why learn Cornish? - 1
• [2] Why learn Cornish? - 2
• [3] Why learn Cornish - 3
• [4] History of the language

Online Courses

• [5] SaySomethingInCornish – a good introduction to Cornish with 15 oral lessons in graded levels in SWF (M)
• [6] Kernewek Dre Lyther – a correspondence course in 105 lessons in SWF (M) and Kemmyn
• [7] Memrise - dozens of flashcard decks on various topics on grammar and vocabulary
• [8] Courses on Deckacademy (previously on Memrise)
• [9] Decks by Memrise - decks produced by GoCornish
• [10] Clozemaster course in Cornish
• [11] Quizlet exercises in Cornish
• [12] uTalk app in Cornish
• [13] IndyLan - an app for Apple or GooglePlay
• [14] Master Any Language course with exercises
• [15] The Latinum Institute course seems to have been written by AI, contains many mistakes and cannot be recommended
• [16] Anki course with useful phrases
• [17] Kernewek Bew – an audio-course by Dan Prohaska in Late Cornish + various links
• [18] Audio course on Soundcloud by Dan Prohaska
• [19] Alternative set of audio courses from Dan Prohaska
• [20] Set of 47 audio lessons from Matthi Clarke
• [21] An Kylgh Kernewek – find a Cornish class, online or face to face
• [22] An Rosweyth - Speak Cornish website with links to classes and conversation groups
• [23] GoCornish - find a face-to-face Cornish class
• [24] Parallel – Cornish lessons through the medium of Welsh
• [25] Kesva an Yeth Kernewek – sound files and exercises to accompany the book Bora Brav
• [26] Skeul an Tavas – podcasts, courses and exercises in Kernowek Standard
• [27] Klass an Hay – Cornish classes and resources
• [28] LearnCornishlanguage.co.uk - Personalised lessons and classes (Kernewek Kemmyn)
• [29] Learn Cornish in Cornwall - Personalised lessons on language and literature (SWF Late)
• [30] Cornish with Clive - podcasts in Unified
• [31] Modern Cornish – Correspondence course, audio course and Skype conversations in SWF (Late)
• [32] A series of lessons in Modern Cornish (Late)
• [33] Teer ha Tavaz - collection of lessons in Late Cornish
• [34] Cornish courses in London
• [35] A series of podcasts for beginners by Bethany Sheppard
• [36] Alternative channel for the podcasts by Bethany Sheppard
• [37] Blas Kernewek - phrases and vocabulary to go with a series of introductory radio sessions (radio sessions now no longer available)
• [38] Cornwall Council website with information about WJEC exam
• [39] Game matching words to pictures
• [40] Now defunct bulletin board with some word and phrase lists for various occasions
• [41] Calendar of Cornish conversation groups

Dictionaries

• [42] CornishDictionary.org – dictionary in SWF (M)
• [43] Korpus an Akademi Kernewek – the corpus of material from Cornwall Council’s translation service with language found in context
• [44] Taklow Kernewek – place name map based on Akademi Kernewek’s place names panel’s work
• [45] Gerlyver Kescows hag erel dictionaries and wordlists in Kernowek Standard
• [46] Link to the Terminology Panel with various specialist word lists
• [47] Bilingual picture dictionary offering 1300 or so words in Cornish and a choice of over 100 other languages. In SWF (Late) Main Graphs
• [48] Cornish - French simple vocabulary and phrases
• [49] Discord resources channel with downloadable dictionaries by Neil Kennedy, Richard Gendall and Rod Lyon (Late Cornish) and by Tim Saunders
• [50] Open Celtic dictionary
• [51] Smaller Google Document comparing all six Celtic languages
• [52] Gerlyver Kembrek/Kernewek Kernewek/Kembrek - Welsh/Cornish Cornish/Welsh Dictionary
• [53] An English/Cornish/Welsh dictionary
• [54] Glosbe dictionary
• [55] Swear words in Cornish
• [56] Word lists for birds and sea creatures in Cornish

Grammar

• [57] The final version of the SWF Agreement
• [58] Cornish for Beginners – short grammar book in Unified
• [59] Verb conjugation aid in SWF (M)
• [60] Handy notes on the grammar of Cornish verbs
• [61] An Wiasva – verb conjugation aid in Kemmyn
• [62] Old-North.co.uk – brief introduction to Cornish grammar
• [63] Pdf copy of Skeul an Yeth Book 1 by Wella Brown from Kesva' website
• [64] Skeul an Tavas – variety of aids including conversation patterns and pronunciation
• [65] A Handbook of the Cornish Language – the book that started the revival, Henry Jenner’s ‘A Handbook of the Cornish Language’
• [66] Another site with a transcription of Jenner's 'A Handbook of the Cornish Language'
• [67] Verb conjugator in Late Cornish
• [68] Online mutation aid
• [69] Spellyans - discussion board for grammar and vocabulary, mostly in Standard or Unified/UCR
• [70] Unilang - discussion board for Celtic language with some Cornish grammar content (like this one)
• [71] Govel Geryow - Tony Snell's bulletin board for discussion or terminology
• [72] Link to Kornisch Wort Für Wort (Cornish language textbook in German) and others
• [73] Comprehensive grammar of Middle Cornish by a Dutch academic
• [74] Some handy word and phrase lists from David Matthew

Music

• [75] Cornish music on YouTube – a selection of over 300 songs
• [76] More YouTube videos of songs and language clips
• [77] Skwardya – website of rock band Skwardya
• [78] Cornish National Music Archive – information about traditional music
• [79] Kesson - Cornish traditional songs and recordings
• [80] Canow Kernow by Inglis Gundry - Cornish traditional songs
• [81] An Daras = Cornish folk arts project
• [82] Lyrics to many Cornish songs and translations of popular English language songs
• [83] Hymns in Cornish
• [84] Christmas carols in Cornish
• [85] Nursery rhymes in Cornish
• [86] Several nursery rhymes sung in Cornish
• [87] Nursey rhyme time in Cornish
• [88] Information and discussion about Cornish traditional music
• [89] Webinar - history of Cornish traditional music through women's eyes (and ears)
• [90] Website about the life and works of Brenda Wootton - first lady of Cornish song
• [91] Website for Gwenno
• [92] Website of the band Hanterhir
• [93] Website of Tanya Brittain, poet and founder of folk band The Changing Room
• [94] Website of folk band Dalla
• [95] Sounds Like Cornwall - YouTube channel with many tapes and albums of songs and readings.
• [96] Cornish Dance Society
• [97] Speak Cornish website - links to various songs.
• [98] Sea shanties in Cornish
• [99] WCD Watson singing the Sans Day Carol in the early 1930s (from 08.06 onwards)
• [100] Hilary Coleman's website, selling Cornish music books and CDs
• [101] Links to a wide range of music and church services, many in Cornish

Media

• [102] Radyo an Gernewegva / An Mis – a monthly TV programme and weekly radio programmes
• [103] Archive of Radyo an Gernewegva programmes from 2008-2012
• [104] Discord – various chat channels including online lessons, and a resources channel with dictionaries (including to Breton) and grammar books in a variety of orthographies
• [105] Yeth an Werin Warlinen - Zoom conversation groups for beginners or advanced speakers
• [106] Reddit channel for enquiries / information about Kernewek
• [107] BBC Nowodhow an Seythen – weekly news programme
• [108] Facebook groups – links to Cornish facebook groups
• [109] Kernewiki – wikipedia in Cornish has over 7,000 articles written in all spelling systems
• [110] An Gannas - the monthly magazine of Kowethas an Yeth in SWF
• [111] Gweles - quarterly magazine , mostly in Kernowek Standard
• [112] Kows Kernewek - YouTube channel with a variety of clips with the language being used in various situations
• [113] Links to short films in Cornish
• [114] Speak Cornish website - links to a number of films in the language
• [115] Hwerow Hweg - a film in Cornish
• [116] Kernewek Bew - YouTube channel including recordings of the series 'Tamm ha Tamm'
• [117] Magi-Ann - simple stories on app for nursery and family learning
• [118] Over 500 podcasts (originally created for Radyo an Gernewegva) by Nicholas Williams
• [119] Cornish language film company
• [120] Some short films in Kernewek by Denzil Monk
• [121] Cornish translation of a popular Welsh app for children
• [122] An Canker Seth - TV programme from the 1980s
• [123] Kernowpalooza - TV programme
• [124] ArtCornwall: variety of resources on art etc. including videos with some content in Kernewek
• [125] Sounds of Cornwall (CHBN Radio) weekly radio show including Cornish lessons and music
• [126] Kernowpods YouTube channel - archive of An Mis TV programmes and other videos
• [127] Golowva - YouTube channel with a variety of Cornish content, old TV programmes, films of the Gorsedh etc
• [128] Many short films about Cornwall, including several in Cornish
• [129] Speak Cornish videos for children
• [130] Sacred Awen Ministries - YouTube channel of videos in Cornish
• [131] Gwren ni gwari - Minecraft
• [132] Aventur - game in Kernowek Bew
• [133] Ceangal Ceilteach - Radio programme on WMBR Radio at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts. Includes Cornish music every week.
• [134] Film - Nebes Geryow adro dhe'n SWF
• [135] Recording of Jowan Chi an Hordh by Seamus Ó Coileain
• [136] Tom Vincent tells about his grandmother
• [137] News items in Cornish from over 20 years ago
• [138] Rod Lyon reading the Lord's Prayer
• [139] Youtube channel with a number of films with Cornish subtitles
• [140] Granfer Pearce reciting the rhyme he learnt from his grandparents when he was a young boy early in the 20th Century
• [141] Academic video about indigenous languages in India by Stephen Morey
• [142] A version of Julia Donaldson's 'The Highway Rat' in Cornish

Literature

• [143] Overview of publishing in the Cornish language. (Pages 70-79)
• [144] Wikisource – the chief mediaeval texts in Cornish
• [145] Kernowlingo – a similar site including most of the later fragments
• [146] Digitisation of the Ordinalia by Bodleian Library
• [147] Online downloads of some major texts about Cornish including Henry Jenner's 'Handbook of the Cornish Language'
• [148] Lhuyd's Archaeological Britannica
• [149] LearnCornishLanguage– a translation of ‘Lord of the Rings’ in SWF
• [150] Stoff Kernewek – links to the manuscript copies of the mediaeval texts
• [151] Stoff Kernewek – links to various poems
• [152] Lexilogos - links to a number of Cornish language sites
• [153] Evertype – translations of many English classic novels into Cornish available for purchase
• [154] List of publications in Kernowek Standard
• [155] Spyrys a Gernow - books available for purchase in Unified and Kernowek Standard
• [156] Lulu – a variety of free e-books such as Beatrix Potter translations and comic books to translations of English classics for purchase, mostly in Unified
• [157] Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek - books in SWF or Kemmyn available for purchase
• [158] Cussel an Tavaz – links to late Cornish texts
• [159] An Blog Kernewek – a variety of translations from other languages
• [160] Francis Boutle - books of poetry in Cornish available for purchase
• [161] Pepper & Carrot - Series of 38 comics in Cornish
• [162] Gwiasva an Orsedh - Website of Gorsedh Kernow + online shop for books about bards
• [163] The Cornish Store - a variety of goods including books and CDs
• [164] Cornovia Press - books about Cornish themes and people
• [165] Tor-Mark Press - a wide range of books on Cornish issues including the language
• [166] Federation of Old Cornwall Societies shop - books on a wide range of Cornish subjects including in Kernewek
• [167] Link to various manuscripts about Kernewek includinga glossary of Bewnans Meriasek and Etudes Cornique by Joseph Loth
• [168] Article in Dutch about Hal Wyn (Ralph St Vincent Allin Collins)
• [169] An adventure of Colin the Coastguard translated into Kernewek by Rod Lyon available for purchase at a nominal price as a download or i-book
• [170] 'An Jydh Glawek' - a bilingual easy reader for children
• [171] Ow gorour yw ty - Children's Covid-19 story
• [172] Cornish.app A variety of articles about the history of the language
• [173] The website of Dr Charles Penglase including some short stories
• [174] Copies of 'An Weryn' a radical magazine for Cornwall from the late 1970s/early 1980s
• [175] Wiki-blog for Cornish authors
• [176] List of (almost) everything ever published in Cornish

Religion

• [177] An Bibel Kernewek - the Bible in Cornish includes a downloadable pdf version
• [178] Another link to An Bibel Kernewek
• [179] Online version of the Bible
• [180] MarysRosaries - a variety of prayers available in Cornish
• [181] Lyver Pysadow Kemyn - Book of Common Prayer in Unified
• [182] Evidence for the existence of a mediaeval Bible in Kernewek
• [183] A reading of the Lord's Prayer in Cornish
• [184] Many hymns translated by Ken George

Other

• [185] Kesva an Taves Kernewek - the Cornish Language Board
• [186] GoCornish - links to apps and other websites and information for primary schools
• [187] Kernowek Lulyn - links to resources in Kernowek Standard
• [188] Stoff Kernewek – links to other websites
• [189] Bernard Deacon's website – articles about Cornish history and politics and language change
• [190] Sordya - collection of left-wing political articles on various issues
• [191] Carn - magazine of the Celtic League, with articles in Cornish from 1973 onwards
• [192] Taklow Kernewek – a variety of mapping projects in Cornish
• [193] Dasserghi Kernewek – oral histories of the language
• [194] Cornwall Forever – links to various aspects of Cornish history and culture
• [195] Omniglot – a comparison of Cornish and other Celtic languages
• [196] Links to a number of blogs in Late Cornish by Janice Lobb
• [197] Te ha Tesednow - Neil Kennedy's blog, written in Late Cornish
• [198] Nicholas Williams' website with links to poetry and books written by him
• [199] Hwedhlow Kernewek – a variety of stories and articles in SWF (M) by John Prowse
• [200] Bibiography courtesy of Dr Merryn Davies-Deacon of academic articles about Kernewek
• [201] Academic papers about Cornwall and Cornish by Prof. Ken Mackinnon
• [202] Video on YouTube of the first wedding conducted through Cornish in modern times (1964)
• [203] A number of online quizzes on conversational phrases
• [204] Phrases in Late Cornish
• [205] Ken George's website with a variety of presentations and lecture notes
• [206] Blog Kernewek a'n Iseldiryow - Cornish blog from the Netherlands including an extensive bibliography of Kernewek
• [207] Stephen Rule's blog (Doctor Cymraeg)
• [208] Skrifys y'n Emlow - Owain Holland's blog #1
• [209] Podcasts by Owain Holland #2
• [210] Skrol an Yeth - Lianne Wilson's blog
• [211] KernewekKensa - Kensa Broadhurst's blog
• [212] Ben Bruch's blog from 20 years ago
• [213] Vyvyan Ogma Wyverne's blog
• [214] CornishStory - an initiative of Cornish Audio Visual Archive (CAVA) based at Institute of Cornish Studies with a variety of articles about history, poetry, art, film etc.a few with a connection to the language
• [215] Kwis awgrym yn Kernewek - Mathematics quiz in Cornish
• [216] Information about Cornish place names
• [217] Sodhva an Yeth/Cornwall Council's language office, with various links
• [218] Movyans Skolyow Meythrin - nursery schools organisation for Cornish
• [219] Skol Veythrin Sen Jowan
• [220] Kowethas Ertach Kernow - links to a wide range of material including songs etc
• [221] A list of Cornish personal names
• [222] Awgrym sempel yn Kernewek
• [223] Besont - a board game for purchase which includes learning some Cornish language phrases
• [224] Lectures of the Skians Conference 2022
• [225] A geographical blog covering Cornish identity and culture, including interesting discussions regarding use of the language in the late 19th Century
• [226] Academic paper about Dolly Pentreath
• [227] Review of the Cornish language in Czech from 2006