Cornish/Resources

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] IndyLan - an app for Apple or GooglePlay
• [8] Kernewek Bew – a selection of video clips on a variety of subjects and oral conversations
• [9] An Kylgh Kernewek – find a Cornish class, online or face to face
• [10] Parallel – Cornish lessons through the medium of Welsh
• [11] Kesva an Yeth Kernewek – sound files and exercises to accompany the book Bora Brav
• [12] Skeul an Tavas – podcasts, courses and exercises in Kernowek Standard
• [13] Klass an Hay – Cornish classes and resources
• [14] Cornish with Clive - podcasts in Unified
• [15] Modern Cornish – Audio course and exercises in SWF (Late)
• [16] Learn Cornish in Cornwall – personalised lessons in SWF (Late)
• [17] Audio course on Soundcloud by Dan Prohaska
• [18] Alternative set of audio courses from Dan Prohaska
• [19] Cornish courses in London
• [20] Cornwall Council website with information about WJEC exam

Dictionaries

• [21] CornishDictionary.org – dictionary in SWF (M)
• [22] Korpus an Akademi Kernewek – the corpus of material from Cornwall Council’s translation service with language found in context
• [23] Taklow Kernewek – place name map based on Akademi Kernewek’s place names panel’s work
• [24] Mamgerlyver – pdf dictionary in SWF (Late)
• [25] Open Celtic dictionary
• [26] Gerlyver Kembrek/Kernewek Kernewek/Kembrek - Welsh/Cornish Cornish/Welsh Dictionary

Grammar

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

Music

• [34] Cornish music on YouTube – a selection of over 300 songs
• [35] More YouTube videos of songs and language clips
• [36] Skwardya – website of rock band Skwardya
• [37] Cornish National Music Archive – information about traditional music
• [38] Kesson – archive of CD releases of Cornish music
• [39] Canow Kernow by Inglis Gundry - Cornish traditional songs
• [40] An Daras = Cornish folk arts project
• [41] Lyrics to many Cornish songs and translations of popular English language songs
• [42] Information and discussion about Cornish traditional music
• [43] Webinar - history of Cornish traditional music through women's eyes (and ears)
• [44] Website about the life and works of Brenda Wootton - first lady of Cornish song
• [45] Sounds of Cornwall - Radio show and some learners' videos

Media

• [46] Radyo an Gernewegva / An Mis – a monthly TV programme and weekly radio programmes
• [47] Discord – various chat channels including online lessons
• [48] Yeth an Werin Warlinen - Zoom conversation groups for beginners or advanced speakers
• [49] Reddit channel for enquiries / information about Kernewek
• [50] BBC Nowodhow an Seythen – weekly news programme
• [51] Facebook groups – links to Cornish facebook groups
• [52] Kernewiki – wikipedia in Cornish has over 5,000 articles written in all spelling systems
• [53] An Gannas - the monthly magazine of Kowethas an Yeth in SWF
• [54] Gweles - quarterly magazine , mostly in Kernowek Standard
• [55] Kows Kernewek - YouTube channel with a variety of clips with the language being used in various situations
• [56] Kernewek resources - YouTube channel with a variety of exercises mostly in Late Cornish
• [57] Hwerow Hweg - a film in Cornish
• [58] Kernewek Bew - YouTube channel including recordings of the series 'Tamm ha Tamm'
• [59] Magi-Ann - simple stories on app for nursery and family learning
• [60] Cornish language film company
• [61] Cornish translation of a popular Welsh app for children

Literature

• [62] Wikisource – the chief mediaeval texts in Cornish
• [63] Digitisation of the Ordinalia by Bodleian Library
• [64] Kernowlingo – a similar site including most of the later fragments
• [65] Online downloads of some major texts about Cornish including Henry Jenner's 'Handbook of the Cornish Language'
• [66] LearnCornishLanguage– a translation of ‘Lord of the Rings’ in SWF
• [67] Stoff Kernewek – links to the manuscript copies of the mediaeval texts
• [68] Stoff Kernewek – links to various poems
• [69] Evertype – translations of many English classic novels into Cornish available for purchase
• [70] Spyrys a Gernow - books available for purchase in Unified and Kernowek Standard
• [71] 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
• [72] Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek - books in SWF or Kemmyn available for purchase
• [73] Cussel an Tavaz – links to late Cornish texts
• [74] An Blog Kernewek – a variety of translations from other languages
• [75] Francis Boutle - books of poetry in Cornish available for purchase
• [76] Pepper & Carrot - Series of 36 comics in Cornish
• [77] Gwiasva an Orsedh - Website of Gorsedh Kernow + online shop for books about bards
• [78] The Cornish Store - a variety of goods including books and CDs

Religion

• [79] An Bibel Kernewek - the Bible in Cornish
• [80] MarysRosaries - a variety of prayers available in Cornish

Other

• [81] Kesva an Taves Kernewek - the Cornish Language Board
• [82] GoCornish - links to apps and other websites and information for primary schools
• [83] Kernowek Lulyn - links to resources in Kernowek Standard
• [84] Stoff Kernewek – links to other webistes
• [85] Bernard Deacon's webiste – articles about Cornish history and politics and language change
• [86] Taklow Kernewek – a variety of mapping projects in Cornish
• [87] Dasserghi Kernewek – oral histories of the language
• [88] Cornwall Forever – links to various aspects of Cornish history and culture
• [89] Omniglot – a comparison of Cornish and other Celtic languages
• [90] Late Cornish Little Bits – a blog in SWF (Late)
• [91] Hwedhlow Kernewek – a variety of stories and articles in SWF (M)
• [92] Bibiography courtesy of Dr Merryn Davies-Deacon of academic articles about Kernewek
• [93] Video on YouTube of the first wedding conducted through Cornish in modern times (1964)
• [94] A number of online quizzes on conversational phrases
• [95] Ken George's website with a variety of presentations and lecture notes
• [96] Blog Kernewek a'n Iseldiryow - Cornish blog from the Netherlands
• [97] Blog Steffan Owain - Steffan Owain's blog
• [98] Kwis awgrym yn Kernewek - Mathematics quiz in Cornish
• [99] Information about Cornish place names
• [100] Dalva an Yeth/Cornish Language Forum - Meeting to decide the priorities for the language, held by Cornwall Council, previous minutes and reports
• [101] Sodhva an Yeth/Cornwall Council's language office, with various links
• [102] Movyans Skolyow Meythrin - nursery schools organisation for Cornish