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Cornish
PopulationAnumberofpeopleunder20yearsofagearefirstlanguagespeakers。Thereare500speakerswhouseCornish,andabout100otherswhospeakitfluently(2003)。Ethnicpopulation:468,425(1991census)。
RegionDuchyofCornwall,southwestEngland。AfewinCanadaandAustralia。
AlternatenamesKernowek,Kernewek,Curnoack
DialectsRelatedtoBreton,Welsh,Gaulish(extinct),IrishGaelic,ManxGaelic,ScotsGaelic。
ClassificationIndoEuropean,Celtic,Insular,Brythonic
LanguageuseReligiousservicesarestillheldinCornish。Thereareeveningclasses,correspondencecourses,summercamps,childrensplaygroups。ThereisaCornishLanguageBoard。Itbecameextinctasafirstlanguagein1777,butisbeingrevived。SomechildrengrowupbilingualinEnglish。
LanguagedevelopmentTaughtinsomeschools。NT:2000。
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