About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Bardic name, Kernewek Kemmyn, Kingdom of Cornwall, Cornish surnames, Philip Payton, Michael Everson, Cornish literature, Nicholas Williams, Henry Jenner, Gorsedh Kernow, Dolly Pentreath, List of Cornish dialect words, Thomas Tonkin, Bernard Deacon, Edward Lhuyd, Glasney College, Craig Weatherhill, John Davey, Kernowek Standard, Richard Jenkin, List of Celtic choirs, Robert Morton Nance, John Whitaker, Mick Paynter, Edwin Norris, Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek, Cornish Language Partnership, Modern Cornish, Delkiow Sivy, Standard Written Form, Vanessa Beeman, Pre-occlusion, Mundic, Helena Charles, Kescusulyans Kernow, William Jordan, Unified Cornish, William Scawen, John Bolitho, Agan Tavas, Bodmin manumissions, Cussel an Tavas Kernuak, John Kennall, Graham Sandercock, Julyan Holmes, Nicholas Boson, E. G. Retallack Hooper, Tony Snell, Haldreyn, John Boson, Tim Saunders, Fred W. P. Jago, Rod Lyon, Tre Pol and Pen, Thomas Boson, Dalleth, Kesva an Taves Kernewek, Chesten Marchant, Delyow Derow, Gwynn ha Du. Excerpt: Cornish (Kernewek or Kernowek) is a Brythonic Celtic language and a recognised minority language of the United Kingdom, spoken in Cornwall. The language continued to function as a community language in parts of Cornwall until the late 18th century, and a process to revive the language was started in the early 20th century, continuing to this day. The revival of Cornish began in 1904 when Henry Jenner, a Celtic language enthusiast, published his book Handbook of the Cornish Language. In his work he observed, "There has never been a time when there has been no person in Cornwall without a knowledge of the Cornish language." Jenner's work was based on Cornish as it was spoken in the 18th century, although his pupil Robert Morton Nance later steered the revival to the style of the 16th century, before the language bec...
