"There is no such language as 'Gaelic'...[it] is a term to define a language group. It encompasses Breton, Basque, Galician, Cornish, Irish, Welsh, Scottish...Scots Gaelic is a non-existent language".
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How did Welsh survive the English conquest and English rule over Wales? Why did it survive so well compared to other Celtic languages such as Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Cornish and Breton?
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Two songs from Cornwall's rich Celtic tradition. The first, Can Jack (meaning Jack's Song in Kernewek, the Cornish language) was written around 1905 by Robert Morton Nance, a key figure in the Cornish Celtic revival and a Cornish language pioneer. The second, Pencarrow is of unknown Cornish origin. youtube.com/watch?v=rj4Ei…
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Would learning Gaelic Make Other Currently Existing Celtic Languages like Cornish (as well as Vice Versa) and even the original Ancient Language Much Easier?

Gaelic the language with the most resources at least outside of Europe (enough that Rosetta Stone even offers it as a course). I have a general interest in Celtic culture because my grandma played around with Wicca and other paganism involving Celts so eventually I would expand to Cymraeg and other Celtic languages that survived today.

So would you recommend going right ahead learning Gaelic to make it easier to learn Gaidhlig? Would knowing Brezhoneg help with Gaelic and same with knowing other surviving Celtic languages too? Would knowing any of the modern Celtic Languages including Kernewek be a big starting point for knowing the ancient languages those of Celtic pagan religions that have been dead for centuries and are now only being reconstructed?

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The gravestone of Dorothy Pentreath [died 1777]. She was the last native speaker of Cornish, a Celtic language related to Welsh
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Is the language on my family ring Welsh/Cymru? I am a New Zealander with Welsh/Cornish ancestry trying to reconnect with my history reddit.com/gallery/qr4j7y
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How did Welsh survive the English conquest and English rule over Wales? Why did it survive so well compared to other Celtic languages such as Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Cornish and Breton? /r/AskHistorians/comments…
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How did Welsh survive the English conquest and English rule over Wales? Why did it survive so well compared to other Celtic languages such as Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Cornish and Breton? reddit.com/r/AskHistorian…
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I made a little game about the Cornish language

Dyth da! I don't speak Cornish very well, but I made this little game with a few facts about it and its history. It's called Language Museum: Cornish and you can play it here: https://morgangbrown.itch.io/language-museum-cornish. If you have any feedback or corrections please let me know!

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I made a little game about the Cornish language /r/CornishLanguage/commen…
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TIL In 2018 the Cornish Language Board said that singer Gwenno's album Le Kov, which features entirely Cornish lyrics, had led to a 15% increase in the number of people taking Cornish language exams en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwe…
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Why do they speak English (a Germanic language) in England, when all the other languages of the UK are Celtic (Welsh, Irish, Cornish, Gaelic, etc)?
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Kernewek (Cornish) language resources thread

I’m planning to add to this thread over the coming days with more useful resources.

After about nine years of trying to learn the language using various distance learning resources and audio courses I’m finally doing classes online with city lit in London.

The first lesson was great and I would certainly encourage anyone interested in learning the language to express their interest.

The course is very affordable and I believe they might have financial help available. For anyone interested here is the link

https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/languages/celtic/cornish?back=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fclient%3Dsafari%26as_qdr%3Dall%26as_occt%3Dany%26safe%3Dactive%26as_q%3Dcity+lit+Cornish+language+courses%26channel%3Daplab%26source%3Da-app1%26hl%3Den

I will post up more resources here in the coming days in case people interested.

Oll a’n gwella.

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Cornish people, where do you see the Cornish language 50-100 years from now?

Cornish has been revived practically on its own despite the last native speaker dying in the late 1700's. Other Celtic languages have a variety of success stories of their revitalization efforts. Considering that the physical homeland Cornwall isn't going anywhere anytime soon, where do you see the language 50-100 years from now?

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TIL that the Cornish language became extinct but is now being revived by a growing number of enthusiasts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor…
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One of the many reasons why cornish is the best language. We were using modern slang centuries ago
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TIL that the people of Brittany in France speak a language closer to Cornish than to French. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sou…
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Nynorn: Is the Viking Language of Orkney and Shetland Coming Back to Life? - There's an effort underway to restore the earlier Norn language of the islands with a language revival attempt like that of Manx and Cornish, with the end goal the creation and proliferation of β€˜Nynorn youtu.be/sBt-bCnbhq0
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Nynorn: Is the Viking Language of Orkney and Shetland Coming Back to Life? - There's an effort underway to restore the earlier Norn language of the islands with a language revival attempt like that of Manx and Cornish, with the end goal the creation and proliferation of β€˜Nynorn' youtube.com/watch?v=sBt-b…
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Seeking: Finnish, Basque, Slovenian, Romani, Georgian, Yiddish or your lesser learnt language. Offering: British English (Native), German (C2), French (C2), Cornish (A2)

Hi! I'm Chris (19M) from England. In a few months I'm off to study languages at University (Russian, German, French and Japanese) but before then I'll have a lot of time to devote to learning some other languages.

I have an especial interest in the minority languages of Europe and all languages who's grammar is interesting and different from a linguistic point of view. I have experience learning quite a few languages already, so I don't think I'll be a too demanding student.

So if you're interested in teaching me your language, or just getting to know another polyglot-wannabe, feel free to send me a message on Instagram, my account is @baylissch, but make sure you say that it's because of the language exchange that you're messaging me, otherwise I'll think it's spam.

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How the Cornish accent and language developed through history [mis Me 2020/May 2020] inews.co.uk/news/uk/corni…
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Cornish: Language and Legislation - Davyth Hicks (2005) academia.edu/15477964/Cor…
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Cornish language help needed

Hey, I'm planning on getting a tattoo written in Cornish in memoriam of my mother who was Cornish, she always called me her baby bear lol. Anyway, not many people do speak Cornish nowadays and it's a bit of a dying language so it's a bit hard to verify the syntax properly.

I'm planning to have "Ors Gorm Kelyn" inked on me. Can someone verify if that definately means brown bear cub please. Afaik Gorm means dark brown, but no one really knew the word for just brown (if there is one).

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British people, how much has English culture affected your ethnic group's culture? That is, for those of you who are Scottish, Cornish, Welsh or Irish, how do you perceive the anglicization of your language and culture?
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A Cornish language pagan ritual.

I’m not sure how ancient this particular tradition is, but the page I will link to provide a video of something that is definitely giving off pagan vibes as far as I’m concerned. It’s a combination of ceremony and song with a lot of Cornish language used. I thought this community may at least find it interesting.

https://cornishnationalmusicarchive.co.uk/content/wassel-kernow-a-cornish-wassail/

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TIL there are ten different indigenous languages still spoken today in the British Isles; English, Scots, Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, Cornish, Manx, Angloromani, Shelta and British Sign Language theguardian.com/education…
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Couple cannot have a Cornish language wedding bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england…
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Henry Jenner's famous work, "A Handbook of the Cornish Language" - free from Project Gutenberg gutenberg.org/files/26192…
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Couple cannot have a Cornish language wedding (not directly NI related but seemingly applies to irish and Ulster-Scots) bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england…
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Although I don't actually speak fluent Cornish... and my first language is English... you are discriminating against me by not offering it for a legal ceremony

words fail me

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Couple cannot have a Cornish language wedding bbc.com/news/uk-england-c…
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The slow death and recent revival of the Cornish language [mis Ebrel/April 2021] theneweuropean.co.uk/brex…
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UK accused of failing to promote minority languages - Critical report by Council of Europe calls for more support for Cornish, Irish and Ulster Scots theguardian.com/uk-news/2…
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Happy Christmas / Nadelik Lowen all! I've just launched a new Cornish Christmas song, LIghts of Mousehole! It's for all those missing home this Christmas. Huge thanks to Cornish bard Mark Elton for translating the lyrics - I think it's the first Cornish-language Christmas song in a while... πŸŽ…πŸŽβ€ v.redd.it/20pynb47n8361
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what if Cornish was a language at duolingo

https://preview.redd.it/od9gzz4d72n61.png?width=1213&format=png&auto=webp&s=c8c1b33a3c04e6d6a263b6945dc9d811ff2acd87

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Is the language of this Christmas carol in Cornish?

I used to hear the carol "Holly bears a berry" as a kid sung in English, but the last verse or two was often sung in Cornish. This entire song is non-English, but the last lines sounded very familiar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO2YE_VAGTg

I have no knowledge of the language. Could someone confirm?

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Bodmin Moor will feature in Guy Potter Cornish language film (Trengellick Rising) thepost.uk.com/article.cf…
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What and when was the last Celtic language spoken in England, excluding Cornish, Cumbric and Welsh?

Were there any known Celtic language enclaves in other parts of England which persisted for a long time? Surely there must have been some individual towns and cities that continued speaking Celtic languages at least a couple of hundred years after most had stopped.

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Government told to let Cornwall promote Cornish language cornwalllive.com/news/cor…
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Would Learning Gaelic Make Other Currently Existing Celtic Languages Like Cornish (As Well As Vice Versa) And Even The Original Ancient Language Much Easier?

Gaelic the language with the most resources at least outside of Europe (enough that Rosetta Stone even offers it as a course). I have a general interest in Celtic culture because my grandma played around with Wicca and other paganism involving Celts so eventually I would expand to Cymraeg and other Celtic languages that survived today.

So would you recommend going right ahead learning Gaelic to make it easier to learn Gaidhlig? Would knowing Brezhoneg help with Gaelic and same with knowing other surviving Celtic languages too? Would knowing any of the modern Celtic Languages including Kernewek be a big starting point for knowing the ancient languages those of Celtic pagan religions that have been dead for centuries and are now only being reconstructed?

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Would Learning Gaelic Make Other Currently Existing Celtic Languages Like Cornish (As Well As Vice Versa) And Even The Original Ancient Language Much Easier?

Gaelic the language with the most resources at least outside of Europe (enough that Rosetta Stone even offers it as a course). I have a general interest in Celtic culture because my grandma played around with Wicca and other paganism involving Celts so eventually I would expand to Cymraeg and other Celtic languages that survived today.

So would you recommend going right ahead learning Gaelic to make it easier to learn Gaidhlig? Would knowing Brezhoneg help with Gaelic and same with knowing other surviving Celtic languages too? Would knowing any of the modern Celtic Languages including Kernewek be a big starting point for knowing the ancient languages those of Celtic pagan religions that have been dead for centuries and are now only being reconstructed?

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Would Learning Gaelic Make Other Currently Existing Celtic Languages Like Cornish (As Well As Vice Versa) And Even The Original Ancient Language Much Easier?

Gaelic the language with the most resources at least outside of Europe (enough that Rosetta Stone even offers it as a course). I have a general interest in Celtic culture because my grandma played around with Wicca and other paganism involving Celts so eventually I would expand to Cymraeg and other Celtic languages that survived today.

So would you recommend going right ahead learning Gaelic to make it easier to learn Gaidhlig? Would knowing Brezhoneg help with Gaelic and same with knowing other surviving Celtic languages too? Would knowing any of the modern Celtic Languages including Kernewek be a big starting point for knowing the ancient languages those of Celtic pagan religions that have been dead for centuries and are now only being reconstructed?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/LizTaylorLover
πŸ“…︎ Nov 27 2021
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Would learning Gaelic Make Other Currently Existing Celtic Languages like Cornish (as well as Vice Versa) and even the original Ancient Language Much Easier?

Gaelic the language with the most resources at least outside of Europe (enough that Rosetta Stone even offers it as a course). I have a general interest in Celtic culture because my grandma played around with Wicca and other paganism involving Celts so eventually I would expand to Cymraeg and other Celtic languages that survived today.

So would you recommend going right ahead learning Gaelic to make it easier to learn Gaidhlig? Would knowing Brezhoneg help with Gaelic and same with knowing other surviving Celtic languages too? Would knowing any of the modern Celtic Languages including Kernewek be a big starting point for knowing the ancient languages those of Celtic pagan religions that have been dead for centuries and are now only being reconstructed?

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πŸ“…︎ Nov 27 2021
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Would Learning Gaelic Make Other Currently Existing Celtic Languages Like Cornish (As Well As Vice Versa) And Even The Original Ancient Language Much Easier?

Gaelic the language with the most resources at least outside of Europe (enough that Rosetta Stone even offers it as a course). I have a general interest in Celtic culture because my grandma played around with Wicca and other paganism involving Celts so eventually I would expand to Cymraeg and other Celtic languages that survived today.

So would you recommend going right ahead learning Gaelic to make it easier to learn Gaidhlig? Would knowing Brezhoneg help with Gaelic and same with knowing other surviving Celtic languages too? Would knowing any of the modern Celtic Languages including Kernewek be a big starting point for knowing the ancient languages those of Celtic pagan religions that have been dead for centuries and are now only being reconstructed?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/LizTaylorLover
πŸ“…︎ Nov 27 2021
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Would Learning Gaelic Make Other Currently Existing Celtic Languages Like Cornish (As Well As Vice Versa) And Even The Original Ancient Language Much Easier?

Gaelic the language with the most resources at least outside of Europe (enough that Rosetta Stone even offers it as a course). I have a general interest in Celtic culture because my grandma played around with Wicca and other paganism involving Celts so eventually I would expand to Cymraeg and other Celtic languages that survived today.

So would you recommend going right ahead learning Gaelic to make it easier to learn Gaidhlig? Would knowing Brezhoneg help with Gaelic and same with knowing other surviving Celtic languages too? Would knowing any of the modern Celtic Languages including Kernewek be a big starting point for knowing the ancient languages those of Celtic pagan religions that have been dead for centuries and are now only being reconstructed?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/LizTaylorLover
πŸ“…︎ Nov 27 2021
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Cornish people, where do you see the Cornish language 50-100 years from now?
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How did the Welsh language survive English rule, while Scotts Gaelic, Irish, manx, and Cornish didn't?

And is it possible to do a similar thing to Gaelic, Irish, manx and and Cornish today to save these languages?

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