Cornish

Brythonic Celtic language indigenous to Cornwall
Intangible natural_language Q25289
Cornish
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Cornish

Summary

Cornish is a natural language[1]. Cornish draws 17,769 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #78 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cornish is located in Cornwall[3].
  • Cornish is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Cornish's instance of is recorded as natural language[5].
  • Cornish's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Cornish is a type of Southwestern Brythonic[7].
  • Cornish's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Cornish's Commons category is recorded as Cornish language[9].
  • Cornish's Wikimedia language code is recorded as kw[10].
  • Cornish's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 50.3, 'longitude': -4.9}[11].
  • Cornish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cornish language[12].
  • Cornish's Commons gallery is recorded as Cornish language[13].
  • Cornish's language regulatory body is recorded as Akademi Kernewek[14].
  • Cornish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+600'}[15].
  • Cornish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[16].
  • Cornish's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Cornish's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Cornish's replaces is recorded as Middle Cornish[19].
  • Cornish's native label is recorded as Kernowek[20].
  • Cornish's native label is recorded as Kernewek[21].
  • Cornish's native label is recorded as kernewek[22].
  • Cornish's different from is recorded as Cornish English[23].
  • Cornish's UNESCO language status is recorded as 5 critically endangered[24].
  • Cornish's indigenous to is recorded as Cornwall[25].
  • Cornish's indigenous to is recorded as Isles of Scilly[26].
  • Cornish's studied by is recorded as Q141440427[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[5] and modern language[6]. Cornish is a type of Southwestern Brythonic[7].

Why It Matters

Cornish draws 17,769 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #78 of 734).[2] Cornish has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Cornish is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Cornish has been cited as an influence by Cornish English[30], a dialect[31], in United Kingdom[32].

FAQs

Who did Cornish influence?

Cornish has been cited as an influence by Cornish English[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · JhowieNitnek · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Theridiidae
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14692]]: Q12019"
  2. 28d ago · Gazamp · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → Q141440427
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2579]]: [[Q141440427]]"
  3. 10w ago · JhowieNitnek · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces → Middle Cornish
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1365]]: [[Q12642603]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Indigenous to → Cornwall, Isles of Scilly
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers → {'amount': '+600'}, {'amount': '+0'}
    Fast id → 879484
    Coordinates → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565203405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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