Cornish/Resources

Resources

• [1] Why learn Cornish?

Online Courses

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

Dictionaries

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

Grammar

• [47] Cornish for Beginners – short grammar book in Unified
• [48] An Wiasva – verb conjugation aid in Kemmyn
• [49] Old-North.co.uk – brief introduction to Cornish grammar
• [50] Skeul an Tavas – variety of aids including conversation patterns and pronunciation
• [51] A Handbook of the Cornish Language – the book that started the revival, Henry Jenner’s ‘A Handbook of the Cornish Language’
• [52] Verb conjugator in Late Cornish
• [53] Online mutation aid
• [54] Spellyans - discussion board for grammar and vocabulary, mostly in Standard or Unified/UCR
• [55] Unilang - discussion board for Celtic language with some Cornish grammar content (like this one)
• [56] Govel Geryow - Tony Snell's bulletin board for discussion or terminology
• [57] Link to Kornisch Wort Für Wort (Cornish language textbook in German) and others
• [58] Comprehensive grammar of Middle Cornish by a Dutch academic

Music

• [59] Cornish music on YouTube – a selection of over 300 songs
• [60] More YouTube videos of songs and language clips
• [61] Skwardya – website of rock band Skwardya
• [62] Cornish National Music Archive – information about traditional music
• [63] Kesson - Cornish traditional songs and recordings
• [64] Canow Kernow by Inglis Gundry - Cornish traditional songs
• [65] An Daras = Cornish folk arts project
• [66] Lyrics to many Cornish songs and translations of popular English language songs
• [67] Information and discussion about Cornish traditional music
• [68] Webinar - history of Cornish traditional music through women's eyes (and ears)
• [69] Website about the life and works of Brenda Wootton - first lady of Cornish song
• [70] Website for Gwenno
• [71] Website of the band Hanterhir
• [72] Website of Tanya Brittain, poet and founder of folk band The Changing Room
• [73] Website of folk band Dalla
• [74] Sounds Like Cornwall - YouTube channel with many tapes and albums of songs and readings.
• [75] Cornish Dance Society
• [76] Speak Cornish website - links to various songs.

Media

• [77] Radyo an Gernewegva / An Mis – a monthly TV programme and weekly radio programmes
• [78] Archive of Radyo an Gernewegva programmes from 2008-2012
• [79] Discord – various chat channels including online lessons, and a resources channel with dictionaries (including to Breton) and grammar books in a variety of orthographies
• [80] Yeth an Werin Warlinen - Zoom conversation groups for beginners or advanced speakers
• [81] Reddit channel for enquiries / information about Kernewek
• [82] BBC Nowodhow an Seythen – weekly news programme
• [83] Facebook groups – links to Cornish facebook groups
• [84] Kernewiki – wikipedia in Cornish has over 7,000 articles written in all spelling systems
• [85] An Gannas - the monthly magazine of Kowethas an Yeth in SWF
• [86] Gweles - quarterly magazine , mostly in Kernowek Standard
• [87] Kows Kernewek - YouTube channel with a variety of clips with the language being used in various situations
• [88] Speak Cornish website - links to a number of films in the language
• [89] Hwerow Hweg - a film in Cornish
• [90] Kernewek Bew - YouTube channel including recordings of the series 'Tamm ha Tamm'
• [91] Magi-Ann - simple stories on app for nursery and family learning
• [92] Nearly 450 podcasts (originally created for Radyo an Gernewegva) by Nicholas Williams
• [93] Cornish language film company
• [94] Some short films in Kernewek by Denzil Monk
• [95] Cornish translation of a popular Welsh app for children
• [96] An Canker Seth - TV programme from the 1980s
• [97] Kernowpalooza - TV programme
• [98] ArtCornwall: variety of resources on art etc. including videos with some content in Kernewek
• [99] Sounds of Cornwall (CHBN Radio) weekly radio show including Cornish lessons and music
• [100] Kernowpods YouTube channel - archive of An Mis TV programmes and other videos
• [101] Golowva - YouTube channel with a variety of Cornish content, old TV programmes, films of the Gorsedh etc
• [102] Four short fims in Cornish on the BBC
• [103] Speak Cornish videos for children
• [104] Ceangal Ceilteach - Radio programme on WMBR Radio at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts. Includes Cornish music every week.

Literature

• [105] Wikisource – the chief mediaeval texts in Cornish
• [106] Kernowlingo – a similar site including most of the later fragments
• [107] Digitisation of the Ordinalia by Bodleian Library
• [108] Online downloads of some major texts about Cornish including Henry Jenner's 'Handbook of the Cornish Language'
• [109] Lhuyd's Archaeological Britannica
• [110] LearnCornishLanguage– a translation of ‘Lord of the Rings’ in SWF
• [111] Stoff Kernewek – links to the manuscript copies of the mediaeval texts
• [112] Stoff Kernewek – links to various poems
• [113] Lexilogos - links to a number of Cornish language sites
• [114] Evertype – translations of many English classic novels into Cornish available for purchase
• [115] List of publications in Kernowek Standard
• [116] Spyrys a Gernow - books available for purchase in Unified and Kernowek Standard
• [117] 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
• [118] Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek - books in SWF or Kemmyn available for purchase
• [119] Cussel an Tavaz – links to late Cornish texts
• [120] An Blog Kernewek – a variety of translations from other languages
• [121] Francis Boutle - books of poetry in Cornish available for purchase
• [122] Pepper & Carrot - Series of 37 comics in Cornish
• [123] Gwiasva an Orsedh - Website of Gorsedh Kernow + online shop for books about bards
• [124] The Cornish Store - a variety of goods including books and CDs
• [125] Cornovia Press - books about Cornish themes and people
• [126] Tor-Mark Press - a wide range of books on Cornish issues including the language
• [127] Federation of Old Cornwall Societies shop - books on a wide range of Cornish subjects including in Kernewek
• [128] Link to various manuscripts about Kernewek includinga glossary of Bewnans Meriasek and Etudes Cornique by Joseph Loth
• [129] Article in Dutch about Hal Wyn (Ralph St Vincent Allin Collins)
• [130] 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
• [131] Cornish.app A variety of articles about the history of the language
• [132] Copies of 'An Weryn' a radical magazine for Cornwall from the late 1970s/early 1980s

Religion

• [133] An Bibel Kernewek - the Bible in Cornish includes a downloadable pdf version
• [134] Another link to An Bibel Kernewek
• [135] Online version of the Bible
• [136] MarysRosaries - a variety of prayers available in Cornish
• [137] Lyver Pysadow Kemyn - Book of Common Prayer in Unified

Other

• [138] Kesva an Taves Kernewek - the Cornish Language Board
• [139] GoCornish - links to apps and other websites and information for primary schools
• [140] Kernowek Lulyn - links to resources in Kernowek Standard
• [141] Stoff Kernewek – links to other websites
• [142] Bernard Deacon's website – articles about Cornish history and politics and language change
• [143] Sordya - collection of left-wing political articles on various issues
• [144] Carn - magazine of the Celtic League, with articles in Cornish from 1973 onwards
• [145] Taklow Kernewek – a variety of mapping projects in Cornish
• [146] Dasserghi Kernewek – oral histories of the language
• [147] Cornwall Forever – links to various aspects of Cornish history and culture
• [148] Omniglot – a comparison of Cornish and other Celtic languages
• [149] Links to a number of blogs in Late Cornish by Janice Lobb
• [150] Te ha Tesednow - Neil Kennedy's blog, written in Late Cornish
• [151] Podcasts by Owain Holland
• [152] Hwedhlow Kernewek – a variety of stories and articles in SWF (M)
• [153] Bibiography courtesy of Dr Merryn Davies-Deacon of academic articles about Kernewek
• [154] Academic papers about Cornwall and Cornish by Prof. Ken Mackinnon
• [155] Video on YouTube of the first wedding conducted through Cornish in modern times (1964)
• [156] A number of online quizzes on conversational phrases
• [157] Ken George's website with a variety of presentations and lecture notes
• [158] Blog Kernewek a'n Iseldiryow - Cornish blog from the Netherlands including an extensive bibliography of Kernewek
• [159] Blog Steffan Owain - Steffan Owain's blog
• [160] Hwedhlow hag erthyglow Kernewek - Collection of material by John Prowse
• [161] 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
• [162] Kwis awgrym yn Kernewek - Mathematics quiz in Cornish
• [163] Information about Cornish place names
• [164] Sodhva an Yeth/Cornwall Council's language office, with various links
• [165] Movyans Skolyow Meythrin - nursery schools organisation for Cornish
• [166] Skol Veythrin Sen Jowan
• [167] Kowethas Ertach Kernow - links to a wide range of material including songs etc
• [168] Awgrym sempel yn Kernewek
• [169] Besont - a board game for purchase which includes learning some Cornish language phrases
• [170] Lectures of the Skians Conference 2022
• [171] Academic paper about Dolly Pentreath