Cornish/Resources

Resources

• [1] Why learn Cornish? - 1
• [2] Why learn Cornish? - 2
• [3] Why learn Cornish - 3

Online Courses

• [4] SaySomethingInCornish – a good introduction to Cornish with 15 oral lessons in graded levels in SWF (M)
• [5] Kernewek Dre Lyther – a correspondence course in 105 lessons in SWF (M) and Kemmyn
• [6] Memrise - dozens of flashcard decks on various topics on grammar and vocabulary
• [7] Courses on Deckacademy (previously on Memrise)
• [8] Decks by Memrise - decks produced by GoCornish
• [9] Clozemaster course in Cornish
• [10] Quizlet exercises in Cornish
• [11] uTalk app in Cornish
• [12] IndyLan - an app for Apple or GooglePlay
• [13] Master Any Language course with exercises
• [14] Anki course with useful phrases
• [15] Kernewek Bew – an audio-course by Dan Prohaska in Late Cornish + various links
• [16] Audio course on Soundcloud by Dan Prohaska
• [17] Alternative set of audio courses from Dan Prohaska
• [18] Set of 47 audio lessons from Matthi Clarke
• [19] An Kylgh Kernewek – find a Cornish class, online or face to face
• [20] An Rosweyth - Speak Cornish website with links to classes and conversation groups
• [21] GoCornish - find a face-to-face Cornish class
• [22] Parallel – Cornish lessons through the medium of Welsh
• [23] Kesva an Yeth Kernewek – sound files and exercises to accompany the book Bora Brav
• [24] Skeul an Tavas – podcasts, courses and exercises in Kernowek Standard
• [25] Klass an Hay – Cornish classes and resources
• [26] LearnCornishlanguage.co.uk - Personalised lessons and classes (Kernewek Kemmyn)
• [27] Learn Cornish in Cornwall - Personalised lessons on language and literature (SWF Late)
• [28] Cornish with Clive - podcasts in Unified
• [29] Modern Cornish – Correspondence course, audio course and Skype conversations in SWF (Late)
• [30] A series of lessons in Modern Cornish (Late)
• [31] Teer ha Tavaz - collection of lessons in Late Cornish
• [32] Cornish courses in London
• [33] A series of podcasts for beginners by Bethany Sheppard
• [34] Blas Kernewek - phrases and vocabulary to go with a series of introductory radio sessions (radio sessions now no longer available)
• [35] Cornwall Council website with information about WJEC exam
• [36] Game matching words to pictures
• [37] Now defunct bulletin board with some word and phrase lists for various occasions
• [38] Calendar of Cornish conversation groups

Dictionaries

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

Grammar

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

Music

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

Media

• [92] Radyo an Gernewegva / An Mis – a monthly TV programme and weekly radio programmes
• [93] Archive of Radyo an Gernewegva programmes from 2008-2012
• [94] Discord – various chat channels including online lessons, and a resources channel with dictionaries (including to Breton) and grammar books in a variety of orthographies
• [95] Yeth an Werin Warlinen - Zoom conversation groups for beginners or advanced speakers
• [96] Reddit channel for enquiries / information about Kernewek
• [97] BBC Nowodhow an Seythen – weekly news programme
• [98] Facebook groups – links to Cornish facebook groups
• [99] Kernewiki – wikipedia in Cornish has over 7,000 articles written in all spelling systems
• [100] An Gannas - the monthly magazine of Kowethas an Yeth in SWF
• [101] Gweles - quarterly magazine , mostly in Kernowek Standard
• [102] Kows Kernewek - YouTube channel with a variety of clips with the language being used in various situations
• [103] Links to short films in Cornish
• [104] Speak Cornish website - links to a number of films in the language
• [105] Hwerow Hweg - a film in Cornish
• [106] Kernewek Bew - YouTube channel including recordings of the series 'Tamm ha Tamm'
• [107] Magi-Ann - simple stories on app for nursery and family learning
• [108] Nearly 450 podcasts (originally created for Radyo an Gernewegva) by Nicholas Williams
• [109] Cornish language film company
• [110] Some short films in Kernewek by Denzil Monk
• [111] Cornish translation of a popular Welsh app for children
• [112] An Canker Seth - TV programme from the 1980s
• [113] Kernowpalooza - TV programme
• [114] ArtCornwall: variety of resources on art etc. including videos with some content in Kernewek
• [115] Sounds of Cornwall (CHBN Radio) weekly radio show including Cornish lessons and music
• [116] Kernowpods YouTube channel - archive of An Mis TV programmes and other videos
• [117] Golowva - YouTube channel with a variety of Cornish content, old TV programmes, films of the Gorsedh etc
• [118] Four short fims in Cornish on the BBC
• [119] Speak Cornish videos for children
• [120] Sacred Awen Ministries - YouTube channel of videos in Cornish
• [121] Gwren ni gwari - Minecraft
• [122] Aventur - game in Kernowek Bew
• [123] Ceangal Ceilteach - Radio programme on WMBR Radio at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts. Includes Cornish music every week.
• [124] Film - Nebes Geryow adro dhe'n SWF
• [125] Recording of Jowan Chi an Hordh by Seamus Ó Coileain

Literature

• [126] Overview of publishing in the Cornish language. (Pages 70-79)
• [127] Wikisource – the chief mediaeval texts in Cornish
• [128] Kernowlingo – a similar site including most of the later fragments
• [129] Digitisation of the Ordinalia by Bodleian Library
• [130] Online downloads of some major texts about Cornish including Henry Jenner's 'Handbook of the Cornish Language'
• [131] Lhuyd's Archaeological Britannica
• [132] LearnCornishLanguage– a translation of ‘Lord of the Rings’ in SWF
• [133] Stoff Kernewek – links to the manuscript copies of the mediaeval texts
• [134] Stoff Kernewek – links to various poems
• [135] Lexilogos - links to a number of Cornish language sites
• [136] Evertype – translations of many English classic novels into Cornish available for purchase
• [137] List of publications in Kernowek Standard
• [138] Spyrys a Gernow - books available for purchase in Unified and Kernowek Standard
• [139] 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
• [140] Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek - books in SWF or Kemmyn available for purchase
• [141] Cussel an Tavaz – links to late Cornish texts
• [142] An Blog Kernewek – a variety of translations from other languages
• [143] Francis Boutle - books of poetry in Cornish available for purchase
• [144] Pepper & Carrot - Series of 38 comics in Cornish
• [145] Gwiasva an Orsedh - Website of Gorsedh Kernow + online shop for books about bards
• [146] The Cornish Store - a variety of goods including books and CDs
• [147] Cornovia Press - books about Cornish themes and people
• [148] Tor-Mark Press - a wide range of books on Cornish issues including the language
• [149] Federation of Old Cornwall Societies shop - books on a wide range of Cornish subjects including in Kernewek
• [150] Link to various manuscripts about Kernewek includinga glossary of Bewnans Meriasek and Etudes Cornique by Joseph Loth
• [151] Article in Dutch about Hal Wyn (Ralph St Vincent Allin Collins)
• [152] 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
• [153] Ow gorour yw ty - Children's Covid-19 story
• [154] Cornish.app A variety of articles about the history of the language
• [155] Copies of 'An Weryn' a radical magazine for Cornwall from the late 1970s/early 1980s
• [156] Review of Cornish language publishing by University of Exeter MA in Publishing students (Page 70 onwards)

Religion

• [157] An Bibel Kernewek - the Bible in Cornish includes a downloadable pdf version
• [158] Another link to An Bibel Kernewek
• [159] Online version of the Bible
• [160] MarysRosaries - a variety of prayers available in Cornish
• [161] Lyver Pysadow Kemyn - Book of Common Prayer in Unified
• [162] Evidence for the existence of a mediaeval Bible in Kernewek

Other

• [163] Kesva an Taves Kernewek - the Cornish Language Board
• [164] GoCornish - links to apps and other websites and information for primary schools
• [165] Kernowek Lulyn - links to resources in Kernowek Standard
• [166] Stoff Kernewek – links to other websites
• [167] Bernard Deacon's website – articles about Cornish history and politics and language change
• [168] Sordya - collection of left-wing political articles on various issues
• [169] Carn - magazine of the Celtic League, with articles in Cornish from 1973 onwards
• [170] Taklow Kernewek – a variety of mapping projects in Cornish
• [171] Dasserghi Kernewek – oral histories of the language
• [172] Cornwall Forever – links to various aspects of Cornish history and culture
• [173] Omniglot – a comparison of Cornish and other Celtic languages
• [174] Links to a number of blogs in Late Cornish by Janice Lobb
• [175] Te ha Tesednow - Neil Kennedy's blog, written in Late Cornish
• [176] Nicholas Williams' website with links to poetry and books written by him
• [177] Hwedhlow Kernewek – a variety of stories and articles in SWF (M) by John Prowse
• [178] Bibiography courtesy of Dr Merryn Davies-Deacon of academic articles about Kernewek
• [179] Academic papers about Cornwall and Cornish by Prof. Ken Mackinnon
• [180] Video on YouTube of the first wedding conducted through Cornish in modern times (1964)
• [181] A number of online quizzes on conversational phrases
• [182] Phrases in Late Cornish
• [183] Ken George's website with a variety of presentations and lecture notes
• [184] Blog Kernewek a'n Iseldiryow - Cornish blog from the Netherlands including an extensive bibliography of Kernewek
• [185] Stephen Rule's blog (Doctor Cymraeg)
• [186] Skrifys y'n Emlow - Owain Holland's blog #1
• [187] Podcasts by Owain Holland #2
• [188] Skrol an Yeth - Lianne Wilson's blog
• [189] KernewekKensa - Kensa Broadhurst's blog
• [190] 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
• [191] Kwis awgrym yn Kernewek - Mathematics quiz in Cornish
• [192] Information about Cornish place names
• [193] Sodhva an Yeth/Cornwall Council's language office, with various links
• [194] Movyans Skolyow Meythrin - nursery schools organisation for Cornish
• [195] Skol Veythrin Sen Jowan
• [196] Kowethas Ertach Kernow - links to a wide range of material including songs etc
• [197] Awgrym sempel yn Kernewek
• [198] Besont - a board game for purchase which includes learning some Cornish language phrases
• [199] Lectures of the Skians Conference 2022
• [200] Academic paper about Dolly Pentreath