Modern Cornish
E454260
Modern Cornish is a revived Celtic language of Cornwall, reconstructed from historical Cornish sources and used today by a small but growing community of speakers.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Unified Cornish | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brythonic language
ⓘ
Celtic language ⓘ constructed variety of Cornish ⓘ revived language ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
preserve historical Cornish vocabulary
ⓘ
provide a usable modern standard of Cornish ⓘ reflect traditional Cornish phonology ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Late Cornish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Late Middle Cornish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation | Cornish people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kernowek Nowedh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kernuack Nowedga NERFINISHED ⓘ Revived Cornish NERFINISHED ⓘ Traditional Cornish (revival variety) ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
Cornish cultural activities
ⓘ
community events ⓘ local media ⓘ |
| hasRegulator | language revival organizations in Cornwall ⓘ |
| hasSpeakers |
growing community of learners
ⓘ
small number of fluent speakers ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
orthographies based on traditional Cornish spelling ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Brittonic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Celtic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Insular Celtic languages ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom |
Late Cornish writings
ⓘ
Middle Cornish manuscripts ⓘ historical Cornish texts ⓘ traditional Cornish literature ⓘ |
| region | Southwestern Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Breton language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Late Cornish ⓘ Middle Cornish NERFINISHED ⓘ Welsh language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revivalBegan | 20th century ⓘ |
| revivalType | language revival ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cornish diaspora communities
ⓘ
Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
minority language
ⓘ
revived minority language ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Cornish language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
revived Cornish ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Cornish identity expression
ⓘ
cultural revival in Cornwall ⓘ education ⓘ literature and poetry ⓘ music and song ⓘ religious services ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Unified Cornish