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Kernevekçe

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Also known as Kernewek, Kernuack, Curnoack, Kernowak, Kernowek, Cornish language, Modern Cornish

Brythonic Celtic language indigenous to Cornwall

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Cornish is a Celtic language that was historically spoken by people in Cornwall, a region in southwestern England. It matters because it represents an important part of Cornwall's cultural heritage and identity, though it is no longer widely spoken today.

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Instance of: modern language
Subclass of: Southwestern Brythonic
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Cornwall
Image: Origo Mundi kynsa gwersow.jpg

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linguistic typology: fusional language
writing system: Latin script
Commons category: Cornish language
topic's main category: Category:Cornish language
Wikimedia language code: kw
native label: kernewek
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 0
Commons gallery: Cornish language
indigenous to: Isles of Scilly
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/COR
historic county: Cornwall
different from: Cornish English
P10369: North Macedonia
P11012: Bissau
has grammatical gender: feminine
P12749: indium

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