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  • The Cornish Language

    Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 07:01 in cornish language

    A few reasoned blog posts below on the subject of the Cornish language and road signs in the Duchy. CORNISH LANGUAGE POLICY  From Mebyon Kernow party leader and Cornwall Councillor Dick Cole. CORNISH LANGUAGE SIGNS TRIGGER INDEPENDENCE From th...

  • Cornish Cultural Updates

    Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 07:33 in cornish language, cornwall council, cornish culture, european region of culture

    Cornwall Council to consider Cornish language policy and commitment to indigenous Cornish Culture More on this can be found in this pdf document. The European Regions Of Culture Campaign is also organising a conference in Aberfal (Falmouth) on th...

  • Dead Cornish?

    Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 14:15 in globalisation, cornish language, cornish culture

    THE DEATH OF LANGUAGE?Extracts from the BBC article below:An estimated 7,000 languages are being spoken around the world. But that number is expected to shrink rapidly in the coming decades. What is lost when a language dies?But with the "strong will...

  • Cornish Language Forum

    Posted on Thursday April 9th, 2009 at 13:59 in cornish language

    What a great idea. A Cornish language forum where all the interminable squabbling about orthographies is outlawed. Forum here: Keskowsva an GernewegvaOnly positive and constructive comments, in Cornish or English, welcome.Ottomma assay nowyth gwruthy...

  • Cornish Wikipedia

    Posted on Saturday March 14th, 2009 at 12:24 in internet, cornish language

    An e-mail below from one of the people behind the Cornish Wikipedia.Over the past few days I've been trying to inject some new life into the Cornish Wikipedia, and doing the rounds to see if anyone's interested in making some contributions. Would it ...

  • BBC Spotlight - Cornish Language Thriving !

    Posted on Tuesday March 3rd, 2009 at 08:06 in bbc, unesco, cornish language

    Just to add this YouTube version of a Spotlight story following the UNESCO clasification of Cornish as extinct. ...