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] Clozemaster course in Cornish
• [6] Quizlet exercises in Cornish
• [7] uTalk app in Cornish
• [8] IndyLan - an app for Apple or GooglePlay
• [9] Kernewek Bew – an audio-course by Dan Prohaska in Late Cornish + various links
• [10] An Kylgh Kernewek – find a Cornish class, online or face to face
• [11] - find a face-to-face Cornish class
• [12] Parallel – Cornish lessons through the medium of Welsh
• [13] Kesva an Yeth Kernewek – sound files and exercises to accompany the book Bora Brav
• [14] Skeul an Tavas – podcasts, courses and exercises in Kernowek Standard
• [15] Klass an Hay – Cornish classes and resources
• [16] LearnCornishlanguage.co.uk - Personalised lessons and classes (Kernewek Kemmyn)
• [17] Learn Cornish in Cornwall - Personalised lessons on language and literature (SWF Late)
• [18] Cornish with Clive - podcasts in Unified
• [19] Modern Cornish – Audio course and exercises in SWF (Late)
• [20] A series of lessons in Modern Cornish (Late)
• [21] Audio course on Soundcloud by Dan Prohaska
• [22] Alternative set of audio courses from Dan Prohaska
• [23] Cornish courses in London
• [24] Cornwall Council website with information about WJEC exam
• [25] Game matching words to pictures

Dictionaries

• [26] CornishDictionary.org – dictionary in SWF (M)
• [27] Korpus an Akademi Kernewek – the corpus of material from Cornwall Council’s translation service with language found in context
• [28] Taklow Kernewek – place name map based on Akademi Kernewek’s place names panel’s work
• [29] Mamgerlyver – pdf dictionary in SWF (Late)
• [30] Gerlyver Kescows hag erel dictionaries and wordlists in Kernowek Standard
• [31] Link to the Terminology Panel with various specialist word lists
• [32] Open Celtic dictionary
• [33] Gerlyver Kembrek/Kernewek Kernewek/Kembrek - Welsh/Cornish Cornish/Welsh Dictionary
• [34] An English/Cornish/Welsh dictionary
• [35] Glosbe dictionary

Grammar

• [36] Cornish for Beginners – short grammar book in Unified
• [37] An Wiasva – verb conjugation aid in Kemmyn
• [38] Old-North.co.uk – brief introduction to Cornish grammar
• [39] Skeul an Tavas – variety of aids including conversation patterns and pronunciation
• [40] A Handbook of the Cornish Language – the book that started the revival, Henry Jenner’s ‘A Handbook of the Cornish Language’
• [41] Verb conjugator in Late Cornish
• [42] Online mutation aid
• [43] Spellyans - discussion board for grammar and vocabulary, mostly in Standard or Unified/UCR
• [44] Link to Kornisch Wort Für Wort (Cornish language textbook in German) and others

Music

• [45] Cornish music on YouTube – a selection of over 300 songs
• [46] More YouTube videos of songs and language clips
• [47] Skwardya – website of rock band Skwardya
• [48] Cornish National Music Archive – information about traditional music
• [49] Kesson - Cornish traditional songs and recordings
• [50] Canow Kernow by Inglis Gundry - Cornish traditional songs
• [51] An Daras = Cornish folk arts project
• [52] Lyrics to many Cornish songs and translations of popular English language songs
• [53] Information and discussion about Cornish traditional music
• [54] Webinar - history of Cornish traditional music through women's eyes (and ears)
• [55] Website about the life and works of Brenda Wootton - first lady of Cornish song
• [56] Website for Gwenno
• [57] Website of the band Hanterhir
• [58] Website of Tanya Brittain, poet and founder of folk band The Changing Room
• [59] Website of folk band Dalla
• [60] Sounds Like Cornwall - YouTube channel with many tapes and albums of songs and readings.
• [61] Cornish Dance Society

Media

• [62] Radyo an Gernewegva / An Mis – a monthly TV programme and weekly radio programmes
• [63] Discord – various chat channels including online lessons, and a resources channel with dictionaries (including to Breton) and grammar books in a variety of orthographies
• [64] Yeth an Werin Warlinen - Zoom conversation groups for beginners or advanced speakers
• [65] Reddit channel for enquiries / information about Kernewek
• [66] BBC Nowodhow an Seythen – weekly news programme
• [67] Facebook groups – links to Cornish facebook groups
• [68] Kernewiki – wikipedia in Cornish has over 7,000 articles written in all spelling systems
• [69] An Gannas - the monthly magazine of Kowethas an Yeth in SWF
• [70] Gweles - quarterly magazine , mostly in Kernowek Standard
• [71] Kows Kernewek - YouTube channel with a variety of clips with the language being used in various situations
• [72] Kernewek resources - YouTube channel with a variety of exercises mostly in Late Cornish
• [73] Hwerow Hweg - a film in Cornish
• [74] Kernewek Bew - YouTube channel including recordings of the series 'Tamm ha Tamm'
• [75] Magi-Ann - simple stories on app for nursery and family learning
• [76] Nearly 450 podcasts (originally created for Radyo an Gernewegva) by Nicholas Williams
• [77] Cornish language film company
• [78] Some short films in Kernewek by Denzil Monk
• [79] Cornish translation of a popular Welsh app for children
• [80] An Canker Seth - TV programme from the 1980s
• [81] Kernowpalooza - TV programme
• [82] ArtCornwall: variety of resources on art etc. including videos with some content in Kernewek
• [83] Sounds of Cornwall (CHBN Radio) weekly radio show including Cornish lessons and music
• [84] Kernowpods YouTube channel - archive of An Mis TV programmes and other videos
• [85] Golowva - YouTube channel with a variety of Cornish content, old TV programmes, films of the Gorsedh etc
• [86] Four short fims in Cornish on the BBC
• [87] Speak Cornish videos for children

Literature

• [88] Wikisource – the chief mediaeval texts in Cornish
• [89] Kernowlingo – a similar site including most of the later fragments
• [90] Digitisation of the Ordinalia by Bodleian Library
• [91] Online downloads of some major texts about Cornish including Henry Jenner's 'Handbook of the Cornish Language'
• [92] Lhuyd's Archaeological Britannica
• [93] LearnCornishLanguage– a translation of ‘Lord of the Rings’ in SWF
• [94] Stoff Kernewek – links to the manuscript copies of the mediaeval texts
• [95] Stoff Kernewek – links to various poems
• [96] Evertype – translations of many English classic novels into Cornish available for purchase
• [97] List of publications in Kernowek Standard
• [98] Spyrys a Gernow - books available for purchase in Unified and Kernowek Standard
• [99] 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
• [100] Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek - books in SWF or Kemmyn available for purchase
• [101] Cussel an Tavaz – links to late Cornish texts
• [102] An Blog Kernewek – a variety of translations from other languages
• [103] Francis Boutle - books of poetry in Cornish available for purchase
• [104] Pepper & Carrot - Series of 37 comics in Cornish
• [105] Gwiasva an Orsedh - Website of Gorsedh Kernow + online shop for books about bards
• [106] The Cornish Store - a variety of goods including books and CDs
• [107] Cornovia Press - books about Cornish themes and people
• [108] Tor-Mark Press - a wide range of books on Cornish issues including the language
• [109] Federation of Old Cornwall Societies shop - books on a wide range of Cornish subjects including in Kernewek
• [110] Link to various manuscripts about Kernewek includinga glossary of Bewnans Meriasek and Etudes Cornique by Joseph Loth
• [111] Article in Dutch about Hal Wyn (Ralph St Vincent Allin Collins)

Religion

• [112] An Bibel Kernewek - the Bible in Cornish
• [113] Another link to An Bibel Kernewek
• [114] MarysRosaries - a variety of prayers available in Cornish
• [115] Lyver Pysadow Kemyn - Book of Common Prayer in Unified

Other

• [116] Kesva an Taves Kernewek - the Cornish Language Board
• [117] GoCornish - links to apps and other websites and information for primary schools
• [118] Kernowek Lulyn - links to resources in Kernowek Standard
• [119] Stoff Kernewek – links to other webistes
• [120] Bernard Deacon's website – articles about Cornish history and politics and language change
• [121] Collection of left-wing political articles on various issues
• [122] Taklow Kernewek – a variety of mapping projects in Cornish
• [123] Dasserghi Kernewek – oral histories of the language
• [124] Cornwall Forever – links to various aspects of Cornish history and culture
• [125] Omniglot – a comparison of Cornish and other Celtic languages
• [126] Late Cornish Little Bits – a blog in SWF (Late)
• [127] Hwedhlow Kernewek – a variety of stories and articles in SWF (M)
• [128] Bibiography courtesy of Dr Merryn Davies-Deacon of academic articles about Kernewek
• [129] Academic papers about Cornwall and Cornish by Prof. Ken Mackinnon
• [130] Video on YouTube of the first wedding conducted through Cornish in modern times (1964)
• [131] A number of online quizzes on conversational phrases
• [132] Ken George's website with a variety of presentations and lecture notes
• [133] Blog Kernewek a'n Iseldiryow - Cornish blog from the Netherlands including an extensive bibliography of Kernewek
• [134] Blog Steffan Owain - Steffan Owain's blog
• [135] 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
• [136] Kwis awgrym yn Kernewek - Mathematics quiz in Cornish
• [137] Information about Cornish place names
• [138] Sodhva an Yeth/Cornwall Council's language office, with various links
• [139] Movyans Skolyow Meythrin - nursery schools organisation for Cornish
• [140] Kowethas Ertach Kernow - links to a wide range of material including songs etc
• [141] Awgrym sempel yn Kernewek
• [142] Lectures of the Skians Conference 2022
• [143] Academic paper about Dolly Pentreath