Cornish

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɔːɹnɪʃ/

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Cornish

1. The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

   There is a movement to revive Cornish.

Translations

Language

Armenian: կոռներեն (hy) (koṙneren) Breton: kerneveureg (br) Chinese: 康瓦耳语 (Kāng'wǎěr yǔ) Cornish: Kernewek (kw) Danish: kornisk (da) Dutch: Cornisch (nl) Finnish: korni (fi) French: cornique (fr) m. Galician: córnico (gl) German: Kornisch (de) n. Hebrew: קורנית (he) Irish: Coirnis (ga) Italian: cornovagliese (it)

Japanese: コーンウォール語 (ja) (kōnwōru go) Maltese: korniku (mt) Norwegian: kornisk (no) Polish: kornwalijski (pl) m. Portuguese: córnico (pt) Romanian: cornică (ro) Russian: корнуэльский (ru) (kornuél’skij), корнский (ru) Scottish Gaelic: Còrnais Spanish: córnico (es) Swedish: korniska (sv) Vietnamese: tiếng xứ Cornwall, tiếng Cornwall Walloon: Gayel des Cornouwayes, Cornike Welsh: Cernyweg (cy)

Adjective

Cornish (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England.
2. Native to Cornwall.

Related terms

• Cornish pasty

Translations

of Cornwall

Catalan: còrnic (ca) m., cornuallès (ca) m.

Polish: kornwalijski (pl) m.

native to Cornwall

Noun

Cornish (plural only)

1. (collectively) The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born.

See also

• Cornish–English Dictionary from Webster’s Online Dictionary
• Wiktionary's coverage of Cornish terms

External links

• ISO 639-1 code kw, ISO 639-3 code cor (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Cornish, cor