SKEUL AN TAVAS
Supporting Cornish language classes and self-study
About Us
It is important to realize there are several other approaches to revived Cornish, drawing on the historical sources to strike different balances in matters of grammar and vocabulary. There are alternative spelling systems too, most publicly the Standard Written Form (SWF) favoured by Cornwall Council. Debating the merits of such differences is outside the scope of this site.
The weekly class using Skeul an Tavas in Newlyn has its own website www.kernoweklulyn.com carrying further compatible material. You might visit www.agantavas.com which is the website of Agan Tavas, the members' association that promotes all traditional forms of Cornish. There is also www.cusselantavaz.com, the website of Cussel an Tavaz Kernûak who specialize in applying the later historical sources.
Are you a teacher or prospective teacher of the Skeul an Tavas course? We offer a full Scheme of Work, as well as classroom kit and logistical support. Don't hesitate to get in touch. And whether teacher or student, you can always contact us with questions about traditional Cornish grammar or vocabulary, or with queries about idiom or style.
Contact us
- Ian Jackson, Wadham's Cottage, North Side, Steeple Aston, Bicester, OX25 4SE
Courses
Comprehensive self-study course
Read MoreOn-line course in revived Cornish based on later historical sources
Read MoreFree downloadable taster course, in Kernowek Standard with parallel version in the Standard Written Form
Read MoreSkeul an Tavas Book 1 Breakthrough CEFR A1
Read MoreSkeul an Tavas 2
Publication expected by end 2020
Drills
Playlets
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Click on Gwylcoos an lies sodhva
Playlet for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Onen
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Dew
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Peswar
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Pymp
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Seyth
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Eth
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Deg
Read MoreStories
Worksheets
Worksheet 2 for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Dew
Read MoreWorksheet 3 for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Try
Read MoreWorksheet 4 for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Pymp
Read MoreWorksheet 5 for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Pymp
Read MoreWorksheet 7 for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Eth
Read MoreWorksheet 8 for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Naw
Read MoreWorksheet 9 for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Deg
Read MoreWorksheet 10 for use with Skeul an Tavas, Dyscas Udnek
Read MoreGrammar
Vocabulary
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Click on Conversational Phrases
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Click on Kernowek Standard Spell-checker
Craig Weatherhill's carefully researched handbook
Read MoreShort phrases worth learning for fluent everyday conversation
Read MoreVocabulary of this popular picture book, in KS spelling
Read MoreDictionary specially designed for students of revived traditional Cornish
Read MoreUseful words / phrases for the Covid-19 crisis
Read MoreLeading work on authenticity of the lexicon of revived Cornish
Read MoreExaminations
Agan Tavas examinations in revived traditional Cornish
Read MoreLiterature
LEARNING WITH LITERATURE / DESKY DRE LIEN
Reading well-written Cornish is one of the best ways to improve your own grasp of the language. You can read Cornish for free on this site. Choose an item marked ON-LINE HERE.
A list of books and other literature currently available
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Click on An Canker neb a wrug Gwary gans an Mor
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Click on An Flour a Vrathles Cogh
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Click on An Loorven
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Click on Prentys an Gorhenyas
We are mourning the death of Craig Weatherhill. Why not remember him by reading his story The Lyonesse Stone? Set in Penwith. Translated into Cornish by Nicholas Williams. Click on Jowal Lethesow.
Read MoreJules Verne's Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (Around the World in Eighty Days) - abridged for young readers
Read MoreThe Holy Bible (Old Testament, New Testament)
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Rudyard Kipling's The Crab that Played with the Sea (a 'Just So' story)
Read MoreMiscellany
Observations on contemporary revived Cornish by former Grand Bard Rod Lyon
Read MoreDiagram showing how Cornish is descended from the ancestor language, Proto-Indo European, spoken in Eastern Europe 5000 years ago
Read MoreThe ground-breaking examination of revived Cornish, first written by Nicholas Williams in 1995 (3rd edition 2006), leading eventually to Kernowek Standard (KS)
Read MoreA new edition of Henry Jenner's original monograph from 1904, underpinning all subsequent work to revive the Cornish language
Read MoreCornish Daily Prayer
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