The Cornish Language - What's that all about?

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The Cornish Language - What's that all about?

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Tanya Brittain

6 жыл бұрын

Commissioned by Tanya Brittain for Looe Music Festival. Produced by Falmouth School of Film and Television.

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@Knappa22 4 жыл бұрын

You only need to look at an OS Explorer map of Cornwall to see how totally indigenous and authentic the Cornish language is. The Tre- Pen- Lan- Chy- Pol- prefixes abound everywhere. I hope one day the Cornish people will become bilingual, and fully revive their beautiful language.

@ryan3730 6 жыл бұрын

A language older than English is only recognised in 2003... Woah. Kernow Rules

@paulgavin3603 5 жыл бұрын

@@iammcwaffles5514 Why has the EU not put any pressure on the French Government to promote Breton, then?

@skathwoelya2935 4 жыл бұрын

@@iammcwaffles5514 Dydh da. The UK government officially recognized the Cornish people as a distinct Celtic ethnic minority in April 2014. We are now legally protected by the Equality Act 2010. That must help the language. Hope so.

@Louisianish 4 жыл бұрын

That’s effing England for you. But the same sort of nonsense happens here in the U.S.

@gerulata7722 3 жыл бұрын

@@Louisianish *Looks at name* Oh, right. Cajuns have had it rough.

@timflatus 11 ай бұрын

@@paulgavin3603 the Académie Française in short. The French only recognise French as an official language. This is partly to do with having been invaded several times in recent history. I'm not justifying the French attitude, just answering your question.

@MegaBoilermaker 3 жыл бұрын

The first lesson in learning any language is to listen to a local person speaking English and understand that their accent is a vestige of the language.

@Knappa22 4 жыл бұрын

Although Cornish is not in as strong a position as Welsh I do think Cornwall feels far more different to England than Wales is. There’s something completely magical about the place - surrounded on three sides by the sea. And its traditions, music and culture seem very distinctive and Celtic, whereas we in Wales have had ours regimented and diminished by all the pious religious revivals of the 18th and 19th centuries. Wales is also riven by internal and parochial divisions eg the north/south rivalry. Cornwall, due to its size and vulnerability, seems more unified. I wish the Cornish people pob bendith yn y dyfodol. Your language and national character are so beautiful.

@user-zg3dw7el4o 3 ай бұрын

Si let's unite Cymru (Wales) and make it more Keltic. Cyfarchion o Lydaw

@briancornish1296 4 жыл бұрын

Long live the Cornish People!🌍

@RaghnaidAnnaNicGaraidh 5 жыл бұрын

Me on the second or third day of a Welsh short course: "Dydd da!" Teacher: "I understand that, but it's not Welsh. Is it Gaelic?" Me: "Um... no. I thought it was Welsh." It was at that point that I realised that my grandmother on the other side of the family had spoken a little Cornish. Funnily enough, the first Cornish language correspondence course was based in my home city, and the world's biggest Cornish festival is just a few towns over from where my mother grew up. Meanwhile I grew up with a different Celtic language from my father's side of the family.

@juancristobalsanchezabreu98 5 жыл бұрын

hahaha, Dydh da! fatla genes (? i think cornish (kernowek) it's easy in comp. to irish (gaelge) or welsh (cymru) sa, slán!

@TheKyleodgers 4 жыл бұрын

Who was your grandmother? Lol

@DoctorCymraeg 4 жыл бұрын

You can say DYDD DA in Welsh too, but it’s rare. Definitely not Gaelic; that’s LATHA MATH

@RaghnaidAnnaNicGaraidh 4 жыл бұрын

@@DoctorCymraeg Yeah, Gaelic's my other language (English/Gaelic bilingual, my Cornish is very limited). Usually on social media I just assume I don't have to explain that because people can see my name. I suppose I knew at the time that "dydh" and "da" were both Welsh words so that wouldn't have helped :)

@mylesreid3699 5 жыл бұрын

This is quite upsetting how we’re losing this language we’ve lost so many and knowing this is is a large part of history this video deserved more fame

@cigh7445 4 жыл бұрын

Cornish was extinct a long time ago, it's remarkable that a small group of people managed to revive it at all. Using old texts, linguistic expertise and help from it's sister language Welsh.

@skathwoelya2935 4 жыл бұрын

@@cigh7445 It fell out of use around 1800 as a community language but almost immediately, Cornish literature with translations and commentaries from the Middle Cornish period (1200 - 1600) began to be published for academics. By the beginning of the 20th century, the modern revival was under way. There never was a time when Cornish people forgot they had a language. "Extinct" is too harsh a word. Maybe "a bit dormant" is more accurate! As you say, though, it is a remarkable story.

@daragildea7434 3 жыл бұрын

@@cigh7445 Not just Welsh, also Breton.

@andrewjennings7306 2 жыл бұрын

@@daragildea7434 breton was used to help the cornish revival?

@timflatus 11 ай бұрын

The figure of 500 speakers is from Census records, so that probably represents fluent speakers. It's reckoned that there are another 3,000 who could hold basic conversations in the language.

@lunabranwen 6 жыл бұрын

Blame your larger niegbor for it's extinction and decline. Thank God it's coming back

@kernowforester811 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, blame Henry VIII and the later imposition of the English Language prayer book, which led to the English prayer book rebellion of 1549. That heralded the real decline in Cornish. Devon (the larger neighbour) was a participant in the prayer book rebellion as well. Cornwall historically was part of a much larger Devon (Devnant), just modern Devon east of the Tamar, adopted English much earlier, the records of when are sketchy.

@lunabranwen 3 жыл бұрын

@@kernowforester811 and Dumnonia kingdom. 👍

@kernowforester811 3 жыл бұрын

@@lunabranwen I'm onboard with Dumnonia. Cornwall (Kernow) was part of the wider Celtic kingdom of Dumnonia (Devnant in old Cornish, Dewnans in Cornish and Devon in English). If history were taught properly in schools, there would be more awareness of the underlying history of Dumnonia! The last king of Dumnonia by the way, was Dungarth (Doniert), died in Cornwall around 875AD, his commemoration stone is Doniert's Stone on Bodmin Moor. From Bodmin, Cornwall.

@lunabranwen 3 жыл бұрын

@@kernowforester811 yes and Kernow should be recognized on the same level as Cymru. Not a county

@syphon_9892 2 жыл бұрын

And I can see that man is also trying to bring back the Tri-Corn hat

@Blondejam 2 жыл бұрын

Welsh is one of the oldest languages in Europe. It evolved from Brythonic, the main language spoken in Wales, England and Southern Scotland when the Romans invaded in 43AD. Welsh began to emerge as a distinctive language sometime between 400 and 700 AD - early Welsh poetry survives from this period. The place names in Cornwall are very similar to Welsh there was probably a huge influence in both of the languages through trade etc as the regions are very close with similar practices such as fishing and farming. Diolch i bawb! Thanks to all.

@urbanwarrior3470 2 жыл бұрын

1:58 "Cornwall is a fairly large city"...??? Americans...lol

@supahnubz 6 жыл бұрын

"About 900,000..." XD

@peteymax 3 жыл бұрын

Maith thú, you last ten sentences sum up the real meaning of learning and preserving the Celtic languages

@poluxazalee361 3 жыл бұрын

Buhez hir d'ar yezh kozh - bywyd hyr an yeth coth !

@daragildea7434 3 жыл бұрын

English translation; Long life to this ancient language!

@sheilashigley1483 4 жыл бұрын

Who is that phenomenal singer? Love his voice and BEAUT Cornish pronunciation.

@sheilashigley1483 4 жыл бұрын

Ah - found it - The Changing room! Meur ras!

@MegaBoilermaker 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of people are unaware of the fact that the Cornish language was in use as far up as Exeter in past times in fact a lot of place/family names are still in Cornish even here in the South Hams of Devon.

@Arthagnou 3 жыл бұрын

I believe Gallic languages were dominant in the UK until the 8th century.

@timflatus 11 ай бұрын

@@Arthagnou Brythonic languages in England, Wales and Cornwall. Goidelic languages were spoken in Ulster and Western Scotland. There were also Irish colonies in Wales and Cornwall briefly and a significant influx of Irish speakers to Brittany.

@Arthagnou 11 ай бұрын

@@timflatus It sure would have been interesting to see the ebb and flow of the languages during that post roman period

@goodbye7236 6 жыл бұрын

I say a lot words from Cornish language but I can’t speak it just goes into what I’m speaking

@serenatelli9668 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video!! Thankyou!

@user-zg3dw7el4o 3 ай бұрын

Last speaker died in the 18th century. What they try to speak today sounds so english too me...I speak Breton and Cymraeg (Welsh)

@chetisanhart3457 Ай бұрын

Wait...wait ? Whi is that band playing in the beginning? I need that. Anyone got a name ?

@TeddyBland 6 жыл бұрын

I dont know why they were laughing as they gave the numbers, they find it comical that their culture and language is being killed

@LostArchivist 5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps, Because it was zero 100 years ago. It is being brought back, or it was a nervous type of laugh.

@Rolando_Cueva 2 жыл бұрын

Not "being" it died already. Zero native speakers.

@justushall9634 5 жыл бұрын

Cornish an "official language". Not quite accurate. An officially recognized minority language; the way Finland (where i was born) has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish, and several officially recognized minority languages, including at least one Saami language.

@Melvorgazh 3 жыл бұрын

To save the language you need to have a few erotic and porn films.

@user-zg3dw7el4o 3 ай бұрын

Gwir eo !

@joshuddin897 2 жыл бұрын

Cornwall is an english county. Deal with it. People seek more division.

@lbb1298 Жыл бұрын

Cornwall is not english. YOU deal with it. Kernow bys vyken koeg

@aubepinenoire 6 ай бұрын

Kae da sutal. Bevet Kernow Dieub.

@trainerchappo1233 Ай бұрын

Fake and gay. Cornwall is a country.

@Ghostx1977 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Simlish

@elizapopperwell2578 6 жыл бұрын

No-one. I thought the last Cornish speaker had died recently and the language has gone. What is the point of trying to revive it - all that effort and money that could more usefully be spent on necessities. Before anyone complains - one of my parents regards themselves as Cornish - and they don't speak it either.

@LostArchivist 5 жыл бұрын

To restore and preserve identity, history and culture. Also, what is learned in the revival of this language can be applied to restoring other dead or dying languages of which, there are alot.

@juancristobalsanchezabreu98 5 жыл бұрын

Recently? according with the history, miss Pentreath died in 1777 xD but not's the end of the cornish lang. What about the Bodinar family (? in 1800 people still speaking in cornish (.u.)

@patriciadaniel529 4 жыл бұрын

My maternal Grandmother was 100% Cornish..if I could find a place to learn the language, I would, just as I've learned both German and Swedish to honor and respect my other Grandparents. Why is it important? Because it's our HERITAGE..obviously, not important to YOU..but it IS to many

@DoctorCymraeg 4 жыл бұрын

So because you don’t know anyone who speaks it it’s pointless? Westminster spends more money on stationary every year than on ALL the Celtic languages put together. Stupid comment.

@jerrytheracecardriver1100 4 жыл бұрын

If you could sell one of your Queen's mansions, you could probably feed all the starving children in Bhutan. Fuck off with the financial shit. Cornwall invests money into saving its culture and you spend it on pampering your royal family.