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Article: Cornish.(Endangered Languages)(Brief article)
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- World Literature Today
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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The Celtic language of Cornish is spoken by about 300 people, mainly in Cornwall, England, Australia, and the United States. Closely related to Breton and Welsh, Cornish started to branch out from Welsh toward time end of the seventh century C.E. Three types of Cornish--Old Cornish, Middle or Medieval Cornish, and Modern Cornish--existed from 800 to the end of the nineteenth century, when it declined in use. Language revival started in the form of "Unified Cornish," which was derived from medieval plays and words from Breton and Welsh. It was deemed inaccurate, and a different version, Common Cornish, was created based ...
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...Cornish ETHNONYM: Kernow Orientation Cornwall ... refers to the geographic entity, while "Cornish" is the name of the indigenous language ... there were no more than 30,000 native Cornish speakers, restricted to the geographic ...
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