Modern Cornish

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Modern Cornish canonical 2
Unified Cornish 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
linked to: Late Middle Cornish

Late Middle Cornish ⓘ
culturalAssociation Cornish people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kernowek Nowedh ⓘ
Kernuack Nowedga ⓘ
Revived Cornish ⓘ
linked to: Cornish

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 script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

orthographies based on traditional Cornish spelling ⓘ
languageFamily Brittonic languages ⓘ
linked to: Brittonic

Celtic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Insular Celtic languages ⓘ
reconstructedFrom Late Cornish writings ⓘ
Middle Cornish manuscripts ⓘ
historical Cornish texts ⓘ
traditional Cornish literature ⓘ
region Southwestern Britain ⓘ
relatedTo Breton language ⓘ
linked to: Breton

Late Cornish ⓘ
Middle Cornish ⓘ
linked to: Cornish

Welsh language ⓘ
linked to: Welsh
revivalBegan 20th century ⓘ
revivalType language revival ⓘ
spokenIn Cornish diaspora communities ⓘ
Cornwall ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
status minority language ⓘ
revived minority language ⓘ
subclassOf Cornish language ⓘ
linked to: Cornish

revived Cornish ⓘ
usedFor Cornish identity expression ⓘ
cultural revival in Cornwall ⓘ
education ⓘ
literature and poetry ⓘ
music and song ⓘ
religious services ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Insular Celtic languages → ancestorOf → Modern Cornish ⓘ
Cornish → hasRevivalVarieties → Unified Cornish ⓘ
linked to: Modern Cornish
Brittonic → hasDescendant → Modern Cornish ⓘ