Revived traditional language
Courses and materials
ON-LINE HERE: Gerlyver Kescows, 2nd edition, full text, completely revised, 5000 words and phrases for conversation + grammar words + 'outbursts' + place-names, easily browsed, easily searched
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Kescows Nebes Moy, 2nd edition, thousands more words supplementing Gerlyver Kescows, classified by topic, easily browsed, easily searched (work-in-progress)
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Minimum working vocabulary for those wishing to learn just a little Cornish, or a first step for those aspiring to greater things
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Short phrases worth learning for fluent everyday conversation
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Cara Kernowek Book One is the first in a series of coursebooks specially commissioned for learners of the traditional Cornish language
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Cara Kernowek Book Two is the second in a series of coursebooks specially commissioned for learners of the traditional Cornish language
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Cara Kernowek Book Three is the third in a series of coursebooks specially commissioned for learners of the traditional Cornish language
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Bilingual consolidated index to the first three Cara Kernowek coursebooks
Read MoreEXPECTED JUNE 2025: Cara Kernowek Book Four will be the fourth in a series of coursebooks specially commissioned for learners of the traditional Cornish language
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Quick Cornish, free taster course
Read MoreSo called 'Late Cornish' is not really a different language. It is idiomatic Cornish as recorded in the later historical sources. This on-line audio course by Dan Prohaska brings you a colloquial spoken register without requiring you to learn more formal or literary Cornish first.
Read MoreMore on-line materials in revived Cornish based on later historical sources
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Model answers for the exercises in Lesson One of the first Cara Kernowek coursebook
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Model answers for the exercises in Lesson Two of the first Cara Kernowek coursebook
Read MoreItems are in alphabetical order of Cornish title. Alternatively, for items recently added for reading on-line, you can click or tap ON-LINE HERE: MOST RECENTLY ADDED and follow the links.
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Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Catalogue of famous First Chapters available to read in Cornish on this website with full vocabulary support
Read MoreLink to a comprehensive list of published material available in Kernowek Standard (KS)
Read MoreJules Verne's Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (Around the World in Eighty Days), abridged for young readers
Read MoreON-LINE: George Orwell's Animal Farm, with Cornish-English glossary (instalments from January 2021)
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Chapter 1 of Animal Farm by George Orwell, with Cornish-English glossary
Read MoreThe Holy Bible (Old Testament, New Testament)
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Hans Christian Andersen's Prinsessen paa Ærten (The Princess and the Pea), with Cornish-English glossary
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Rudyard Kipling's The Crab that Played with the Sea (a 'Just So' story), with Cornish-English glossary
Read MoreA fortnightly on-line class, by Zoom, every other Thursday at 20:00, for those willing to help develop the fourth coursebook in the Cara Kernowek series, to Level B2 of the Council of Europe Common European Framework (approximately equivalent to an A Level or IB). The language explored will be both formal and idiomatic revived Cornish, taking account of all the sources for historical Cornish, and spelled in the system called Kernowek Standard (KS). The teacher is Ian Jackson, MA (Cantab), MA (Oxon), QTS, author of Cara Kernowek Books One to Three. Students should already be confident with Cornish at Level B1. Contact Us if you are interested in joining this class.
A fortnightly on-line class, by Zoom, every other Thursday at 20:00, for those who have already done a beginners course and now wish to complete Level A of the Council of Europe Common European Framework. The language taught is idiomatic revived Cornish, taking account of all the sources for historical Cornish, and spelled in the system called Kernowek Standard (KS). Classes are conducted mostly in Cornish, lasting one hour, and are based around the eighteen lessons of coursebook Cara Kernowek 2 which is available on the Courses page of this website. Students are expected to spend approximately one hour every week preparing each lesson. The teacher is Ian Jackson, MA (Cantab), MA (Oxon), QTS. Contact Us if you are interested in joining this class. The class originally scheduled for 14 November has been cancelled.
Classes will pause for Christmas and New Year. We shall instead be holding two meetings to study John of Chyannor, the 17th century story told by Nicholas Boson, as it was recorded by Edward Lhuyd and published by Lhuyd in 1707. We will be using a transcription into Standard Cornish for convenience, but Lhuyd will be our primary text. The first meeting will be on Thursday 19 December 2024 at 20:00, and will focus on establishing the literal meaning of Boson’s Cornish. The second meeting will be on Thursday 2 January 2025 at 20:00, and will focus on the story as part of the broader historical Corpus of Cornish texts and also in the general context of folklore and narrative art. The meetings will be held on-line by Zoom. Contact Us if you would like to enrol in one or both of these meetings. Picture: St Levan Church, by Jim Champion.
Classes will pause for Christmas and New Year. We shall instead be holding two meetings to study John of Chyannor, the 17th century story told by Nicholas Boson, as it was recorded by Edward Lhuyd and published by Lhuyd in 1707. We will be using a transcription into Standard Cornish for convenience, but Lhuyd will be our primary text. The first meeting will be on Thursday 19 December 2024 at 20:00, and will focus on establishing the literal meaning of Boson’s Cornish. The second meeting will be on Thursday 2 January 2025 at 20:00, and will focus on the story as part of the broader historical Corpus of Cornish texts and also in the general context of folklore and narrative art. The meetings will be held on-line by Zoom. Contact Us if you would like to enrol in one or both of these meetings. Picture: St Levan Church, by Jim Champion.
ON-LINE HERE: A practical guide to pronouncing Cornish
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Cornish words spelled in the International Phonetic Alphabet
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Handy reference chart of the inflected verb forms in Cara Kernowek 1
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Basic verb patterns with bos, gwil, mydnas, gallos, godhvos
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Famous prose passage written 40 years ago, and how it might look if written today
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Ready-reference guide
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 1
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 2
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 4
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 5
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 7
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 8
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 10
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 12
Read MoreSimple vocabulary crossword for Skeul an Tavas Part 1 (Lessons 1-6)
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Read MoreSimple vocabulary crossword for Skeul an Tavas Part 1 (Lessons 1-6)
Read MoreDon't go to the key until you've attempted the crossword
Read MoreSimple vocabulary crossword for Skeul an Tavas Part 1 (Lessons 1-6)
Read MoreDon't go to the key until you've attempted the crossword
Read MoreSimple vocabulary crossword for Skeul an Tavas Part 2 (Lessons 1-12)
Read MoreDon't go to the key until you've attempted the crossword
Read MoreSimple vocabulary crossword for Skeul an Tavas Part 2 (Lessons 1-12)
Read MoreDon't go to the key until you've attempted the crossword
Read MoreFor students of Skeul an Tavas Books 1 & 2
Story for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 5
Read MoreStory for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 7
Read MoreStory for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 15
Read MoreStory for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 18
Read MoreFor students of Skeul an Tavas Books 1 & 2
Weekly lesson sheets to accompany on-line meetings of the Newlyn class
Read MoreWorksheet 2 for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 2
Read MoreWorksheet 3 for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 3
Read MoreWorksheet 4 for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 5
Read MoreWorksheet 5 for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 5
Read MoreWorksheet 7 for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 8
Read MoreWorksheet 8 for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 9
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Examinations of lovinglivingcornish that are scheduled for June 2025
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: The deadline for candidacy in these examinations has now passed
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Written examination paper, oral examination paper, mark scheme, June 2023
Read MoreA critical edition with translation by Graham Thomas and Nicholas Williams (2007)
Read MorePhilip Payton's revised and updated history of Cornwall (2017)
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Paper by Prof Nicholas Williams (2022)
Read MoreA new edition of Henry Jenner's original monograph from 1904, underpinning all subsequent work to revive the Cornish language (2010)
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Paper by Rod Lyon (2007)
Read MoreA critical edition with translation by David Frost (2023)
Read MoreTwo important historical texts, re-edited and translated, together with bilingual review (2020)
Read MoreOverview of historical Cornish, and of the early years of revived Cornish, by P. Berresford Ellis (1974)
Read MoreWelcome page with quick links
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Five principles for the revived Cornish on this website
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Read MoreA short English-language grammar of Breton
Read MoreObservations on contemporary revived Cornish by former Grand Bard Rod Lyon
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