Cornish/Resources

Free Resources

Online Courses

• [1] SaySomethingInCornish – a good introduction to Cornish with 15 oral lessons in graded levels in SWF (M)
• [2] Kernewek Dre Lyther – a correspondence course in 105 lessons in SWF (M) and Kemmyn
• [3] Memrise - dozens of flashcard decks on various topics on grammar and vocabulary
• [4] Kernewek Bew – a selection of video clips on a variety of subjects and oral conversations
• [5] An Kylgh Kernewek – find a Cornish class, online or face to face
• [6] Parallel – Cornish lessons through the medium of Welsh
• [7] Kesva an Yeth Kernewek – sound files and exercises to accompany the book Bora Brav
• [8] Skeul an Tavas – podcasts, courses and exercises in Kernowek Standard
• [9] Klass an Hay – Cornish classes and resources
• [10] Modern Cornish – Audio course and exercises in SWF (Late)
• [11] Learn Cornish in Cornwall – personalised lessons in SWF (Late)
• [12] Audio course on Soundcloud by Dan Prohaska

Dictionaries

• [13] CornishDictionary.org – dictionary in SWF (M)
• [14] Korpus an Akademi Kernewek – the corpus of material from Cornwall Council’s translation service with language found in context
• [15] Glosbe English/Cornish Cornish/English – community based dictionary
• [16] Taklow Kernewek – place name map based on Akademi Kernewek’s place names panel’s work
• [17] Mamgerlyver – pdf dictionary in SWF (Late)
• [18] Open Celtic dictionary

Grammar

• [19] Cornish for Beginners – short grammar book in Unified
• [20] An Wiasva – verb conjugation aid in Kemmyn
• [21] Old-North.co.uk – brief introduction to Cornish grammar
• [22] Skeul an Tavas – variety of aids including conversation patterns and pronunciation
• [23] A Handbook of the Cornish Language – the book that started the revival, Henry Jenner’s ‘A Handbook of the Cornish Language’
• [24] Verb conjugator in Late Cornish
• [25] Online mutation aid

Music

• [26] Cornish music on YouTube – a selection of over 300 songs
• [27] Skwardya – website of rock band Skwardya
• [28] Cornish National Music Archive – information about traditional music
• [29] Kesson – archive of CD releases of Cornish music
• [30] Canow Kernow by Inglis Gundry - Cornish traditional songs
• [31] An Daras = Cornish folk arts project

Media

• [32] Radyo an Gernewegva / An Mis – a monthly TV programme and weekly radio programmes
• [33] Discord – various chat channels including online lessons
• [34] Reddit channel for enquiries / information about Kernewek
• [35] BBC Nowodhow an Seythen – weekly news programme
• [36] Facebook groups – links to Cornish facebook groups
• [37] Kernewiki – wikipedia in Cornish has over 5,000 articles written in all spelling systems
• [38] An Gannas - the monthly magazine of Kowethas an Yeth in SWF
• [39] Gweles - quarterly magazine , mostly in Kernowek Standard
• [40] Kernowpalooza - Cornish TV programme from 1998 in Late Cornish

Literature

• [41] Wikisource – the chief mediaeval texts in Cornish
• [42] Kernowlingo – a similar site including most of the later fragments
• [43] LearnCornishLanguage– a translation of ‘Lord of the Rings’ in SWF
• [44] Stoff Kernewek – links to the manuscript copies of the mediaeval texts
• [45] Stoff Kernewek – links to various poems
• [46] Evertype – translations of many English classic novels into Cornish available for purchase
• [47] Spyrys a Gernow - books available for purchase in Unified and Kernowek Standard
• [48] 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
• [49] Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek - books in SWF or Kemmyn available for purchase
• [50] Cussel an Tavaz – links to late Cornish texts
• [51] An Blog Kernewek – a variety of translations from other languages

Other

• [52] GoCornish - links to apps and other websites and information for primary schools
• [53] Stoff Kernewek – links to other webistes
• [54] Bernard Deacon's webiste – articles about Cornish history and politics and language change
• [55] Taklow Kernewek – a variety of mapping projects in Cornish
• [56] Dasserghi Kernewek – oral histories of the language
• [57] Cornwall Forever – links to various aspects of Cornish history and culture
• [58] Omniglot – a comparison of Cornish and other Celtic languages
• [59] Late Cornish Little Bits – a blog in SWF (Late)
• [60] Hwedhlow Kernewek – a variety of stories and articles in SWF (M)
• [61] Bibiography courtesy of Dr Merryn Davies-Deacon of academic articles about Kernewek
• [62] Video on YouTube of the first wedding conducted through Cornish in modern times (1964)
• [63] A number of online quizzes on conversational phrases