The Cornish Language Partnership ( kw, Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek , ) is a representative body that was set up in
Cornwall, England, UK 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. It is a List of revived languages, revived language, having become Extinct language, extinct as a livin ...
. It is a public and voluntary sector partnership and consists of representatives from various Cornish language societies, Cornish
cultural
Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human Society, societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, and habits of the ...
and
economic organisations and local government in Cornwall.
The organisation is part-funded by the
European Union's
Objective One programme, the
United Kingdom government's
Department for Communities and Local Government and
Cornwall Council.
The Partnership is the chief regulator of the
Standard Written Form
The Standard Written Form or SWF ( kw, Furv Skrifys Savonek) of the Cornish language is an orthography standard that is designed to "provide public bodies and the educational system with a universally acceptable, inclusive, and neutral orthograph ...
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
* Cussel an Tavas Kernuak
* Kesva an Taves Kernewek
* Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek (''The Cornish Language Fellowship'')
is a Cornish language association which exists to promote,
encourage and foster the use of the Cornish language. It is represented on the Cornish Language Partnership.
Unlike other ...
See also
* '
* '
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* Language revitalization
* Languages in the United Kingdom
* List of language regulators
This is a list of bodies that consider themselves to be authorities on standard languages, often called language academies. Language academies are motivated by, or closely associated with, linguistic purism and Prestige (sociolinguistics), presti ...
* '
* Welsh Language Board / '
References
External links
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Cornish culture
Cornish language
Language regulators
Organisations based in Cornwall
Organizations established in 2005
2005 establishments in the United Kingdom