Cornish Today

Cornish today is a living language and isrecognised as such under the European Charter for Regional orMinority Languages.

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A strategy for development, drawn up in responseto this recognition has resulted in a funded development programmeto help the language move forward.

In this section you will find the background studies and documentswhich have helped Cornish take a leap forward, together withinformation on the state of the language today. As more research iscarried out and new information becomes available, it will beposted here.

  • The Council of Europe’s Charter for Regionalor Minority Languages
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  • As with many smaller languages around theworld, Cornish has more than one spelling system in use.
    Commission
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  • Work has been going on for the past two yearsby the Dictionary Board to prepare a SWF dictionary.
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  • The SWF Review Board has produced theirfinal report and the Partnership has approved therecommendations.
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  • We are very pleased to announce the names ofthose who have been appointd to the SWF Review Board.
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  • There are a number of organisations workingwith Cornish or who have an interest in it. This directory isdesigned to help you understand what each one does or isresponsible for.
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  • Put simply, the written sources for Cornishspan several centuries and reflect different periods in the life ofthe language. In reviving Cornish, spelling systems have beendevised which reflect different ideas on how we should use thisknowledge to take Cornish forward into the future.
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  • Below are the results of research that hasbeen undertaken into the current situation of the Cornishlanguage.
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