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] Clozemaster course in Cornish
• [5] Quizlet exercises in Cornish
• [6] uTalk app in Cornish
• [7] Kernewek Bew – a selection of video clips on a variety of subjects and oral conversations
• [8] An Kylgh Kernewek – find a Cornish class, online or face to face
• [9] Parallel – Cornish lessons through the medium of Welsh
• [10] Kesva an Yeth Kernewek – sound files and exercises to accompany the book Bora Brav
• [11] Skeul an Tavas – podcasts, courses and exercises in Kernowek Standard
• [12] Klass an Hay – Cornish classes and resources
• [13] Modern Cornish – Audio course and exercises in SWF (Late)
• [14] Learn Cornish in Cornwall – personalised lessons in SWF (Late)
• [15] Audio course on Soundcloud by Dan Prohaska
• [16] Alternative set of audio courses from Dan Prohaska

Dictionaries

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

Grammar

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

Music

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

Media

• [36] Radyo an Gernewegva / An Mis – a monthly TV programme and weekly radio programmes
• [37] Discord – various chat channels including online lessons
• [38] Reddit channel for enquiries / information about Kernewek
• [39] BBC Nowodhow an Seythen – weekly news programme
• [40] Facebook groups – links to Cornish facebook groups
• [41] Kernewiki – wikipedia in Cornish has over 5,000 articles written in all spelling systems
• [42] An Gannas - the monthly magazine of Kowethas an Yeth in SWF
• [43] Gweles - quarterly magazine , mostly in Kernowek Standard
• [44] Kows Kernewek - YouTube channel with a variety of clips with the language being used in various situations
• [45] Kernewek resources - YouTube channel with a variety of exercises mostly in Late Cornish
• [46] Hwerow Hweg - a film in Cornish
• [47] Kernewek Bew - YouTube channel including recordings of the series 'Tamm ha Tamm'

Literature

• [48] Wikisource – the chief mediaeval texts in Cornish
• [49] Kernowlingo – a similar site including most of the later fragments
• [50] LearnCornishLanguage– a translation of ‘Lord of the Rings’ in SWF
• [51] Stoff Kernewek – links to the manuscript copies of the mediaeval texts
• [52] Stoff Kernewek – links to various poems
• [53] Evertype – translations of many English classic novels into Cornish available for purchase
• [54] Spyrys a Gernow - books available for purchase in Unified and Kernowek Standard
• [55] 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
• [56] Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek - books in SWF or Kemmyn available for purchase
• [57] Cussel an Tavaz – links to late Cornish texts
• [58] An Blog Kernewek – a variety of translations from other languages

Other

• [59] Kesva an Taves kernewek - the Cornish Language Boasr
• [60] GoCornish - links to apps and other websites and information for primary schools
• [61] Kernowek Lulyn - links to resources in Kernowek Standard
• [62] Stoff Kernewek – links to other webistes
• [63] Bernard Deacon's webiste – articles about Cornish history and politics and language change
• [64] Taklow Kernewek – a variety of mapping projects in Cornish
• [65] Dasserghi Kernewek – oral histories of the language
• [66] Cornwall Forever – links to various aspects of Cornish history and culture
• [67] Omniglot – a comparison of Cornish and other Celtic languages
• [68] Late Cornish Little Bits – a blog in SWF (Late)
• [69] Hwedhlow Kernewek – a variety of stories and articles in SWF (M)
• [70] Bibiography courtesy of Dr Merryn Davies-Deacon of academic articles about Kernewek
• [71] Video on YouTube of the first wedding conducted through Cornish in modern times (1964)
• [72] A number of online quizzes on conversational phrases
• [73] Blog Kernewek a'n Iseldiryow
• [74] Blog Steffan Owain