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) m
• Marathi: कॉर्निश (mr) (kǒrniśa) f
• Norwegian: kornisk (no)
• Polish: kornwalijski (pl) m
• Portuguese: córnico (pt)
• Romanian: cornică (ro)
• Russian: корнуэльский (ru) (kornuél’skij), корнский (ru) (kornskij)
• 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
• Maltese: korniku (mt)

• Polish: kornwalijski (pl) m

native to Cornwall

• Maltese: korniku (mt)

• Marathi: कॉर्निश (mr) (kǒrniśa)

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
• Ethnologue entry for Cornish, kw