ISO 639-3 · corcor
Indo-European family
Cornish
Kernowek
Cornish is a language of the Southwestern Brythonic branch (Indo-European), spoken in United Kingdom. Wikidata counts about 600 speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “Brythonic Celtic language indigenous to Cornwall”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
cor- ISO 639-1
kw- Glottocode
corn1251- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 9 Reawakening
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Centre point
- 50.30, -4.90
- Wikipedia
- 120 language editions
—first-language speakers
600second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Cornish · Kernowek |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kernewek, Kernuack, Curnoack, Kernowak, Kernowek |
| L2 speakers | 600 (2011) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Grammatical genders | 2 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Reawakening9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Cornish
The branches above Cornish, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in United Kingdom
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