Cornish language

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Cornish
Kernewek
Native to	United Kingdom
Region	Cornwall
Native speakers	300 fluent[1]
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Brythonic Cornish
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Recognised minority language in	United Kingdom
Language codes
ISO 639-1	kw
ISO 639-2	cor
ISO 639-3	cor
ELP	Cornish

Cornish (Cornish: Kernewek) is a very old language from Cornwall, in the south-west of Great Britain. A Celtic language, Cornish is very similar to Welsh and also is related to Gaelic, all three of which Brythonic languages. Cornish is less closely related to the Goidelic languages: Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic.

1. ↑ "'South West:TeachingEnglish:British Council:BBC". BBC/British Council website. BBC. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2010-02-09.