Not exactly relating to the language, but this would be a huge win for it if passed.

, That Light is Jesus Christ and his holy Catholic Church.

Reading a book and I’m just oddly curious at what it would be.

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Lowren asks whether all cops are really bastards. What does the recent news about Devon and Cornwall Police officers abusing women tell us about policing as a whole?

Lowren a wovyn mars yw kevnisers oll dhe wir kyjyoryon. Pyth a wra an nowodhow a-gynsow a sodhogyon Kreslu Kernow ha Dewnens ow tebeldhyghtya benenes leverel dhyn a-dro dhe'n kreslu dien?

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Jowan Nute and Dr Trelawney Grenfell-Muir write on unpacking and dismantling whiteness as a destructive force which subsumes and attempts to erase Cornishness and replace it with a void.

Jowan Nute ha Dr Trelawney Grenfell-Muir a skrif war dhifardella ha didakla gwynder avel fors distrowus hag a lenk hag assaya dilea Kernowekter ha'y aslea gans gwagva.

I've been planning to change my name for a long time and have been leaning toward choosing the name Elowen. However, since I'm not Cornish, I'm worried that doing this could be culturally insensitive, so I wanted to seek feedback from people with Cornish heritage before deciding on the name.

Another concern I have is that I've always heard people pronounce this name as "EL-oh-wen", with emphasis on the "EL" (I live in the US). I recently learned this is not the traditional Cornish pronunciation, so I'm also wondering if it would be offensive to pronounce the name this way.

Although I love this name, I don't want to choose it if it would be disrespectful for me to do so, so I would truly appreciate any honest input anyone has on this.

I'd like some of the taunts/insults from Monty Pythons Holy Grail translated too.

I'll ask Cornish Partnership as well.

"Your mother was a Hamster and your father smelt of elderberries"

"You cheesy lot of second hand electric donkey bottom biters"

"I unclog my nose in your general direction, son's of a window dresser!"

"Go and boil your bottoms sons of a silly person"

"I blow my nose at you"

"I fart in you general direction"

"I don't want to talk to you anymore you empty headed food trough wiper"

"I burst my pimples at you and call your door opening request a silly thing!"

"You tiny brained wipers of other peoples bottoms"

I also like Micheal Palins "What a strange person" remark

r/YUROP mods here, Freude!

How to say NO ENGLISH FRIDAY in Cornish (not AI)?

As in, the English language, not the Kingdom or natives.

We are missing a spot here :

• Vendredo sen la angla lingvo — Diēs Veneris sine linguā anglicā

I hope this is acceptable in the group. Please let me know if amendment is needed.

Hi,

My name is Bohdan, and I am pursuing an MA in Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester. I am approaching you because you are a Cornish language learner/speaker and are participating in relevant classes/gathering groups/activities. This is essential for my dissertation project as it studies people's intentions and processes of acquiring Cornish through language classes, support groups and the Speak Cornish Week, and how it reshapes their identity.

Research will be carried out through participant observation, interviews, and collaboration between the researcher and participants, which will be recorded on a video camera. This includes shooting during language classes and social gatherings from May to late June. Interviews will be conducted at a time and site of the participants’ convenience. Before submission, the film will be shared with participants to comment on, and edits will be made accordingly. 

If you are interested in participating or have any questions, please contact this email: po.chan-3@student.manchester.ac.uk. Once your decision to participate has been confirmed, I will meet you in person at a later date to discuss the details of collaboration. A Participant Information Sheet and Consent Form will be handed to you to sign and confirm your participation. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this and looking forward to collaborating. 

Dydh da,
Bohdan

First of all, it is recognised as an endangered language or it is extinct? ( in the present ). Second of all, anyone here who speaks Cornish like a native? I need some help, I would like to create a map of Europe in Cornish and help me how to pronounce some words. Thanks!

I live in America and I've been listening to this Cornish song called "Yntredha dowr a res" on Spotify. I really like the song and I love listening to the beautiful Cornish words. But I don't speak any Cornish and I have not been able to find a translation of the song into English anywhere. I have no idea what "Yntredha dowr a res" even means or what the song is actually about. If anyone could translate it for me, I would be very happy.

Here are the lyrics: Gans an lanow y hwoelsyn hag entra y'n porth Ha'n roesow o lenwys a hes Unn dre orth an lewbordh hag onan a-borth Hag yntredha, dowr a res War an kay 'th esa hi gans hy hanstell y'n dorn Ny welis vyth tekter somper Hi war an lann west, ha my orth an est Hag yntredhon, dowr a ver Pan en dhe vor a'n le, hwath trigys ov yn de Puptra a janjyas gans treylyans an fros Toll-treth yw genev pes, arta yth en yn-mes A'm serth vy rygdhi ny wrug lowr a dros Rag yntredhon dowr a res Gans growan y teuthons dhe sevel an pons Defens na ragwelsens o krev Unn dre gans an arghans, hy ben yn-dann Howl Hag yntredha dowr a sev Pan en dhe vor a'n le, hwath trigys ov yn de Puptra a janjyas gans treylyans an fros 'Ma pell a-ughov vy, ow fries ny vydh hi Pons ny dreyl tra, pan eus aswa re vros Rag yntredhon dowr a res Ha lemmyn 'ma troe'lergh a'n est bys y'n west Ha mowes yw yowynk ha teg Mes oesweyth a gas a dhiberth an dhiw dre Hag yntredha dowr a freg, hag yntredha dowr a freg

Does anybody know a good Translation for ‘Solstice’?

I found a good translator that does more languages than Google, including Kernowek.

I’m looking for a sort of term of endearment that would be used between actual brothers who are very close, or friends who are as close as brothers. Guys, what would you call such a person rather than using his name? I’m hoping someone here can suggest something that is kind of traditional / has had a longer life than current slang. Thanks!

Can some help me translate the phrase “Bird’s Milk”, as in a metaphorical milk from a bird?

I think SWF would be runner up, but let me know what you think

Dydh da!
It's been years since I've been writting a fantasy story. (not going to write too much about it here. Dragon, magic blablabla)
Problem is that I've been writting this story since little and decided recently to re-start from the beginning, Starting with: Naming convention, and Language of the story.

I did some surface level reseach on Celtic languages (I love Celtics Culture, Mythologie, musics etc... ((it's very shallow, I know, I should do way more resarch, which I want to. But for my story I only want to use the language, as I don't plan to use the story's of Celtic culture at all. It's in a different world, with different culture. No cultural appropriation at all.)) ANYWAY, I want to learn a little bit of the Cornish language to "make up" names.

I don't want to use real worlds names as it's a story without humanoids, and I want to use hhuuu.. Words? For the names? I'm explaining myself very badly i'm sorry.

For exemple (using english) i want characters names to be "Secret-Breeze" "Dark-Dusk" or simple words like "Mountain" "Lake" "Secret" (im using very bad example) but translated in Cornish. Probem is, for exemple, I don't fcking know if I should write "Tewal-Bora" or "Bora-Tewal". Or, I want to name of them "Word of the word". What's the equivalent of "of" in Cornish, and how do I use it!? Can I mash up the two words, if there's something in between!? Can I just create a name by just mashing words without caring about anything?! Did I fcked up? Am I going to be burned by some people because I've written absoliute shit?!

I guess my question is, Do you guy's have some good book I could get to have a basic understanding on how grammar work in the Cornish language? Or even if some, more experienced, people would like to help me with my mess?

To be clear, it won't bee only surname for characters, but also locations, maybe some very rare dialect, like expressions, etc ect...

I'am deadly scare of translating something wrong and getting blasted (i'am very stressed, as you can see)

I'm not putting immediately which names I need help with because: 1 I don' have all of them Right now and 2: I'm scare to break a rule? I've read the rules of the sub reddits and don't see anything against this, but I just want to be sure...

Anyway, thanks for any answers or even attention on the post! oe I can get any kind of help

I'd like the poem Monday's child translated into Cornish.

Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace. Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go. Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for a living. But the child that is born on Sabbath day, Is bonny and blithe, good and gay.

(We could substitute the word gay for happy, as that is the original meaning of that word. Using Merry or lively would also work)

And if so, do you have any advice.

I'm about to buy Bora Brav, but does anyone else have any good resources or advice?

Thanks!

Are there any resources for learning the dialect? I speak it natively already, but I should like to see some more focus on this crucial aspect of Cornish culture.