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CARA KERNOWEK 1
Up-to-date coursebook for beginners
Published September 2023
Milestone for web-based traditional Cornish
Coursebook and dictionary now both available with free on-line access
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KESCOWS NEBES MOY
Cornish for Everyday Life
Supplementary to Gerlyver Kescows
On-line second edition now as far as Section 17 Quantity, calculation
More than 4,000 classified entries
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This website now carries
MORE THAN 400 PODCAST ARTICLES
by Nicholas Williams
Each one accompanied by the full written text
Traditional Cornish, crystal-clear pronunciation
Professor Williams is one of the foremost teachers of the Cornish language
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EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONAL PHRASES
now in more colloquial register
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INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET
Growing bank of Cornish words
in IPA spelling
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THE PROPHET
Kahlil Gibran
First Chapters of the Classics
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TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES
Robert Louis Stevenson
First Chapters of the Classics
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THE CORAL ISLAND
R.M. Ballantyne
First Chapters of the Classics
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THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
John Bunyan
Christian Sets Out on His Journey
(First Chapters of the Classics)
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MOONFLEET
John Meade Falkner
First Chapters of the Classics
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There are now eighteen FIRST CHAPTERS OF THE CLASSICS to read in Cornish on the Literature page of this website, all with comprehensive glossary supplementing on-line GERLYVER KESCOWS (available on the Vocabulary page)
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THE PRINCIPLES OF NEWSPEAK
Appendix to NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
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THE SIGNALMAN
Short story by Charles Dickens
First instalment of Cornish translation
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PASSYON AGAN ARLÙTH
In Standard Cornish spelling
But adapted to be as faithful as possible to the poetics of the original
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ORIGO MUNDI
In Standard Cornish spelling
Complete text now re-edited as far as line 100
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PASSIO CHRISTI
In Standard Cornish spelling
First 1000 lines
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Find direct links on this website
to every weekly Cornish language radio show
produced by
Matthi ab Dewi
in the past 12 months
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