The Cornish Language Partnership ( kw, Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek , ) is a representative body that was set up in
Cornwall
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, England, UK in 2005 to promote and develop the use of the
Cornish language. It is a public and voluntary sector partnership and consists of representatives from various Cornish language societies, Cornish
cultural and
economic
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organisations and local government in Cornwall.
The organisation is part-funded by the
European Union
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's
Objective One
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programme, the
United Kingdom
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government's
Department for Communities and Local Government
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and
Cornwall Council
Cornwall Council ( kw, Konsel Kernow) is the unitary authority for Cornwall in the United Kingdom, not including the Isles of Scilly, which has its own unitary council. The council, and its predecessor Cornwall County Council, has a tradition ...
.
The Partnership is the chief regulator of the
Standard Written Form of Cornish, an orthography that was published in 2008 with the intention of uniting the previous conflicting orthographies, and for use on road signs, in official documents, and in school examinations.
BBC News - Breakthrough for Cornish language - 19 May 2008
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Organisations represented
* Agan Tavas
Agan Tavas (''Our Language'') is a society which exists to promote the Cornish language and is represented on the Cornish Language Partnership. It was formed in 1987 to promote the use of Cornish as a spoken language in the Cornish revival ( kw, ...
* Cussel an Tavas Kernuak
Cussül an Tavas Kernôwek (formerly ''Cussel an Tavas Kernûak''; the Cornish Language Council) is an association founded in 1987 to teach, research and further the Cornish language in Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow), UK. Since the adoption of a Stand ...
* Kesva an Taves Kernewek
Kesva an Taves Kernewek ( Cornish for ''Cornish Language Board'') is an organisation that promotes the Cornish language. It was founded in 1967 by Gorseth Kernow and the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies. It is represented on the official la ...
* Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
See also
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* Language revitalization
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* Languages in the United Kingdom
English, in various dialects, is the most widely spoken language of the United Kingdom, but a number of regional languages are also spoken. These are Scots and Ulster Scots and the Celtic languages, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and, as a revi ...
* List of language regulators
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* Welsh Language Board
The Welsh Language Board ( cy, Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg) was a statutory body set up by Her Majesty's Government under the Welsh Language Act 1993. It was an Assembly Sponsored Public Body. It began its life under John Walter Jones, and its last ...
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References
External links
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Language regulators
Organisations based in Cornwall
Organizations established in 2005
2005 establishments in the United Kingdom