Cornish language

Cornish is a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language native to Cornwall. After use as a community language declined and its last native speakers died, organized efforts revived it.

Common Brittonic: The Celtic language ancestral to the Brittonic languages of Britain. Cornish developed from this language alongside Welsh and Breton.
Brittonic languages: The Celtic languages descended from Common Brittonic, including Welsh, Cornish, and Breton. Cornish belongs to this branch of the Celtic language family.
Henry Jenner: A Cornish scholar whose 1904 handbook helped launch the modern revival of Cornish. His handbook gave revivalists a practical basis for learning the language.
Kernewek Kemmyn: A standardized spelling system for revived Cornish developed by Ken George in the late twentieth century. It is one of the principal orthographies used in modern Cornish.
Language death: The process by which a language loses its speakers and ceases to be used as a community language. Cornish’s historical decline is a case of language death followed by revival.
Southwestern Brittonic: The historical Brittonic language variety from which Cornish and Breton developed. It is the regional linguistic ancestor of Cornish.
Insular Celtic languages: The Celtic languages historically spoken in the British Isles and Brittany. This broader grouping situates Cornish among Celtic languages of the region.
Robert Morton Nance: A Cornish language scholar and revivalist who promoted Unified Cornish and compiled a dictionary. His spelling system and reference works strongly influenced early revival.
Standard Written Form: A standard orthography for Cornish agreed by language organizations in 2008. It provides a shared spelling standard for public and educational use.
Language revitalization: Efforts to increase the use, transmission, and social standing of a threatened or dormant language. Cornish is a prominent example of revitalization after community transmission ended.

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