Learn Cornish Through Topics You Actually Care About

LingoBear creates short Cornish passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. Brythonic Celtic language of Cornwall, Latin script, revived in the 20th century, ~3,000 speakers and growing through a Standard Written Form adopted in 2008.

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Every word in your Cornish reading passage is clickable. Get English translations and grammar help, including for the four initial consonant mutations.

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Type any topic and LingoBear generates a fresh Cornish reading passage — useful when the small corpus of published material runs out.

Is Cornish a revived language?

Yes — traditional Cornish (Kernewek) died out as a community language around the late 18th century. A revival movement began in 1904 with Henry Jenner's Handbook of the Cornish Language, and today an estimated 3,000 people speak it, with a Standard Written Form (FSS) adopted in 2008. It is a Brythonic Celtic language closely related to Breton and Welsh.

What grammar features does Cornish have?

Cornish has VSO word order in main clauses, four initial consonant mutations (e.g. tas 'father' → ow thas 'my father'), inflected prepositions (with-me, with-you... are single words), and a verbal noun system rather than a strict infinitive. LingoBear lets you see these patterns in real reading material.