The Cornish Language Partnership ( , ) was a representative body that was set up in

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

, England, United Kingdom, in 2005 to promote and develop the use of the

Cornish language Cornish (Standard Written Form: or , ) is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. Along with Welsh language, Welsh and Breton language, Breton, Cornish descends from Common Brittonic, ...

. and was dissolved in 2015. It was a public and voluntary sector partnership and consisted of representatives from various Cornish language societies, Cornish

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organisations and local government in Cornwall. The organisation was part-funded by the

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's Objective One programme, the

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government's

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and

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. The Partnership was 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. It was dissolved in 2015, and

became the lead organisation for promoting Cornish language, particularly through the Cornish Language Office and Akademi Kernewek.

Organisations represented

* Agan Tavas *

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 * Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek

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* {{Authority control Culture of Cornwall Cornish language Language regulators Organisations based in Cornwall Organizations established in 2005 2005 establishments in the United Kingdom

Organisations represented

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