Learn Cornish — Online Cornish Language Resource

Discover the Cornish Language

An online resource for anyone interested in learning Cornish. Explore our phrasebook, vocabulary guides, FAQs, and a comprehensive directory of learning resources — from books and dictionaries to online courses and organisations.

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Guides

Key Phrases for Shopping in Cornish

Shopping offers a practical way to bring Cornish into everyday life. A greeting at a market stall, a question about price, or a simple thank-you can turn a…

How Cornish Is Finding Its Voice In Modern Media

The Cornish language has moved far beyond the classroom and the pages of historical manuscripts. Today, it appears in podcasts, music, social media posts,…

How to Write a Letter in Cornish

Writing a letter in Cornish is a practical way to turn vocabulary into communication. A short message to a friend, language partner, teacher, or cultural…

Cornish numbers for dates and times

Learning to count in Cornish becomes much more useful when numbers leave the vocabulary list and enter everyday life. Dates, appointments, birthdays, opening…

A Beginner’s Guide To Cornish Verbs

Learning Cornish verbs opens the door to simple conversations about family, place, work, weather, and everyday routines. Like other Celtic languages, Cornish…

Cornish Songs for Language Practice

Music gives Cornish learners a memorable way to meet the language in motion. A lyric combines sound, rhythm, repetition, and meaning, so words encountered in a…

How to describe your family in Cornish

Talking about family is one of the most useful ways to begin using Cornish in everyday conversation. Family words appear in introductions, personal stories,…

Common mistakes new Cornish learners make

Learning Cornish opens a path into Cornwall’s Celtic heritage, landscape, music, and living language community. Many beginners start with enthusiasm and a…

Finding Your Place in Cornish

Learning Cornish is a journey through language, landscape, and living heritage. A proficiency level gives that journey a useful shape: it describes what you…

The origins of the Cornish language

Cornish is a Celtic language from the southwestern tip of Britain. Its story begins long before the modern county of Cornwall existed, when related Brittonic…