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A place name can preserve a landscape, a vanished industry or the memory of people who settled there centuries ago. Cornish names are especially rich because…

Weather is the great unifier of small talk, and nowhere is this truer than in a language shaped by the Atlantic. Cornish has long carried a poetic, practical…

Cornish mutations are changes made to the first sound of a word when grammar or meaning creates a particular relationship between words. They are a central…

Cornish is a Celtic language from Cornwall, in the far south-west of Britain. It belongs to the Brythonic branch of Celtic, alongside Welsh and Breton, and…

Interjections give spoken Cornish its energy. A short cry of surprise, agreement, pain, delight, or frustration can make a carefully learned sentence sound…

Learning a small amount of Cornish can make an important difference when travelling through Cornwall, joining a cultural event, or speaking with Cornish…

Learning Cornish in the car can turn an ordinary commute, school run or weekend trip into regular language practice. The goal is not to complete a full lesson…

Cornish, or Kernewek, is the Celtic language of Cornwall in south-west Britain. It belongs to the Brythonic branch of the Celtic family, alongside Welsh and…

Comparing things is one of the most useful skills in any language. It helps you describe a beach, choose between two books, talk about the weather, and explain…

Learning Cornish can give an artist a fresh way to name colour, texture, tools and creative practice. The language carries traces of Cornwall’s landscape and…