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ON-LINE HERE: Gerlyver Kescows, 2nd edition, full text, completely revised, 5000 words and phrases for conversation + grammar words + 'outbursts' + place-names, easily browsed, easily searched
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Kescows Nebes Moy, 2nd edition, thousands more words supplementing Gerlyver Kescows, classified by topic, easily browsed, easily searched (work-in-progress)
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Minimum working vocabulary for those wishing to learn just a little Cornish, or a first step for those aspiring to greater things
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Short phrases worth learning for fluent everyday conversation
Read MoreItems are in alphabetical order of Cornish title. Alternatively, for items recently added for reading on-line, you can click or tap ON-LINE HERE: MOST RECENTLY ADDED and follow the links.
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Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Catalogue of famous First Chapters available to read in Cornish on this website
Read MoreLink to a comprehensive list of published material available in Kernowek Standard (KS)
Read MoreJules Verne's Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (Around the World in Eighty Days), abridged for young readers
Read MoreON-LINE: George Orwell's Animal Farm, with Cornish-English glossary (instalments from January 2021)
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Chapter 1 of Animal Farm by George Orwell, with Cornish-English glossary
Read MoreThe Holy Bible (Old Testament, New Testament)
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Hans Christian Andersen's Prinsessen paa Ærten (The Princess and the Pea), with Cornish-English glossary
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Rudyard Kipling's The Crab that Played with the Sea (a 'Just So' story), with Cornish-English glossary
Read MoreThis class is currently for those progressing to Common European Framework of Reference B1 (Lower Intermediate). Thursdays, 19:30, by Zoom. The coursebook is Cara Kernowek Book Three, with lessons available in pdf format while we road-test it. Our vocabulary resource is Gerlyver Kescows (free access on-line). The course is planned to go as far as CEFR B2 (Upper Intermediate), subject to demand.
ON-LINE HERE: Quick Cornish, free taster course
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Cara Kernowek Book One is the first in a series of coursebooks for learners of the traditional Cornish language, specially commissioned by lovinglivingcornish
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: New coursebook (CEFR A2) for those who have already taken a beginners course: consultation draft (consultation complete: now being prepared for publication)
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Tentative draft of first 11 Lessons of new CEFR B1 coursebook (currently being road-tested)
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: The consultation draft for Cara Kernowek 1 will continue to be available here until the whole of the finalized coursebook has been uploaded
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Worksheets and other material
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Worksheets and other material
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Worksheets and other material
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: A simplified guide to pronouncing Cornish
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Cornish words spelled in the International Phonetic Alphabet
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Basic verb patterns with bos, gwil, mydnas, gallos, godhvos
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Famous prose passage written 40 years ago, and how it might look if written today
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Ready-reference guide
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 1
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 2
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 4
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 5
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 7
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 8
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 10
Read MorePlaylet for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 12
Read MoreSimple vocabulary crossword for Skeul an Tavas Part 1 (Lessons 1-6)
Read MoreDon't go to the key until you've attempted the crossword
Read MoreSimple vocabulary crossword for Skeul an Tavas Part 1 (Lessons 1-6)
Read MoreDon't go to the key until you've attempted the crossword
Read MoreSimple vocabulary crossword for Skeul an Tavas Part 1 (Lessons 1-6)
Read MoreDon't go to the key until you've attempted the crossword
Read MoreSimple vocabulary crossword for Skeul an Tavas Part 2 (Lessons 1-12)
Read MoreDon't go to the key until you've attempted the crossword
Read MoreSimple vocabulary crossword for Skeul an Tavas Part 2 (Lessons 1-12)
Read MoreDon't go to the key until you've attempted the crossword
Read MoreFor students of Skeul an Tavas Books 1 & 2
Story for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 5
Read MoreStory for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 7
Read MoreStory for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 15
Read MoreStory for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 18
Read MoreFor students of Skeul an Tavas Books 1 & 2
Weekly lesson sheets to accompany on-line meetings of the Newlyn class
Read MoreWorksheet 2 for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 2
Read MoreWorksheet 3 for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 3
Read MoreWorksheet 4 for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 5
Read MoreWorksheet 5 for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 5
Read MoreWorksheet 7 for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 8
Read MoreWorksheet 8 for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 9
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: lovinglivingcornish examinations in revived traditional Cornish
Read MoreThe next lovinglivingcornish examinations are expected to be held in June 2024
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Written examination paper, oral examination paper, mark scheme, June 2023
Read MoreA critical edition with translation by Graham Thomas and Nicholas Williams (2007)
Read MorePhilip Payton's revised and updated history of Cornwall (2017)
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Paper by Prof Nicholas Williams (2022)
Read MoreA new edition of Henry Jenner's original monograph from 1904, underpinning all subsequent work to revive the Cornish language (2010)
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Paper by Rod Lyon (2007)
Read MoreA critical edition with translation by David Frost (2023)
Read MoreTwo important historical texts, re-edited and translated, together with bilingual review (2020)
Read MoreOverview of historical Cornish, and of the early years of revived Cornish, by P. Berresford Ellis (1974)
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Read MoreA short English-language grammar of Breton
Read MoreObservations on contemporary revived Cornish by former Grand Bard Rod Lyon
Read MoreON-LINE HERE: Diagram 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)
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