Cornish dialect

Cornish dialect
Cornish English
Native toEngland
RegionCornwall
EthnicityCornish
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone
IETFen-cornu

The Cornish dialect (also known as Cornish English, Anglo-Cornish or Cornu-English; Cornish: Sowsnek Kernowek) is a dialect of English spoken in Cornwall by Cornish people. Dialectal English spoken in Cornwall is to some extent influenced by Cornish grammar, and often includes words derived from the Cornish language. The Cornish language is a Celtic language of the Brythonic branch, as are the Welsh and Breton languages. In addition to the distinctive words and grammar, there are a variety of accents found within Cornwall from the north coast to that of the south coast and from east to west Cornwall. Typically, the accent is more divergent from Standard British English the further west through Cornwall one travels. The speech of the various parishes being to some extent different from the others was described by John T. Tregellas and Thomas Quiller Couch towards the end of the 19th century. Tregellas wrote of the differences as he understood them and Couch suggested the parliamentary constituency boundary between the East and West constituencies, from Crantock to Veryan, as roughly the border between eastern and western dialects. To this day, the towns of Bodmin and Lostwithiel as well as Bodmin Moor are considered the boundary.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Perry, Margaret. "Cornish Dialect and Language: a potted history". Newlyn.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Old Cornwall Society Dialect Webpages". Federation of Old Cornwall Societies (Cornwall, United Kingdom). Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  3. ^ Couch, Thomas Q. "East Cornwall Words". Federation of Old Cornwall Societies (Cornwall, United Kingdom). Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.