Cornish
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A language of United Kingdom
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Curnoack, Kernewek, Kernowek
Population
No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. Ethnic population: 532,000 (2011 census).
Location
Cornwall County, scattered.
Language Status
9 (Reawakening).
Classification
Dialects
Language Use
Religious services held in Cornish. Evening classes, correspondence courses, summer camps, children’s play groups, residential courses. There is now a full time Cornish language nursery school being set up. Since 2009 approximately 50 children between the ages of 1 and 7 have attended the setting for significant periods of time. Some children grow up bilingual in English [eng].
Language Development
Taught in some schools. Taught in some schools. Magazines. New media. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2002–2004. Agency: Cornish Language Board.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Christian.