Cornish

Brythonic Celtic language indigenous to Cornwall
Intangible natural_language Q25289
Cornish
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Cornish

Summary

Cornish is a natural language[1]. Cornish draws 7,082 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #78 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cornish is located in Cornwall[3].
  • Cornish is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Cornish's instance of is recorded as natural language[5].
  • Cornish's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Cornish is a type of Southwestern Brythonic[7].
  • Cornish's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Cornish's Commons category is recorded as Cornish language[9].
  • Cornish's Wikimedia language code is recorded as kw[10].
  • Cornish's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.3, 'lon': -4.9}[11].
  • Cornish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cornish language[12].
  • Cornish's Commons gallery is recorded as Cornish language[13].
  • Cornish's language regulatory body is recorded as Akademi Kernewek[14].
  • Cornish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+600'}[15].
  • Cornish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[16].
  • Cornish's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Cornish's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Cornish's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'kw', 'text': 'Kernowek'}[19].
  • Cornish's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'kw', 'text': 'Kernewek'}[20].
  • Cornish's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'kw', 'text': 'kernewek'}[21].
  • Cornish's different from is recorded as Cornish English[22].
  • Cornish's UNESCO language status is recorded as 5 critically endangered[23].
  • Cornish's indigenous to is recorded as Cornwall[24].
  • Cornish's indigenous to is recorded as Isles of Scilly[25].
  • Cornish's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/COR[26].
  • Cornish's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 9 Reawakening[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[5] and modern language[6]. Cornish is a type of Southwestern Brythonic[7].

Why It Matters

Cornish draws 7,082 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #78 of 734).[2] Cornish has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Cornish is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Cornish has been cited as an influence by Cornish English[30], a dialect[31], in United Kingdom[32].

FAQs

Who did Cornish influence?

Cornish has been cited as an influence by Cornish English[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . akademikernewek.weebly.com. akademikernewek.weebly.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Ethnologue. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Indigenous to Cornwall, Isles of Scilly
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers {'amount': '+600'}, {'amount': '+0'}
    Fast id 879484
    Coordinates
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