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| I Newbie Wales Joined 5705 days ago 14 posts - 14 votes | Message 1 of 14 02 May 2009 at 4:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi,
does anyone know how best to learn this language? Material seems very limited indeed. My preferred method of choice is the "sentence method", so if anyone could provide any tips I'd be grateful. Also, how hard is it to learn? Many thanks Edited by I on 02 May 2009 at 5:09pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6910 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 14 02 May 2009 at 6:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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There is at leat one printed method out there, "Skeul an Yeth". It comes in three volumes (book+CD) and has the Kernewek Kemmyn orthography. Then you have online resources, such as:
Kernewek Dre Lyther Gwiasva Kernowak TheElvenLord of this forum should have some more info, since he has learned Cornish. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| I Newbie Wales Joined 5705 days ago 14 posts - 14 votes | Message 3 of 14 02 May 2009 at 6:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Jeff thanks very much,
I'm actually Cornish myself and feel I should at least try and learn my language. Hopefully the guy who speaks Cornish here will come and give some advice too. Thanks again Jeff 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Snesgamer Groupie Afghanistan Joined 6612 days ago 81 posts - 90 votes Studies: English*, German, Spanish, Norwegian, Scottish Gaelic | Message 4 of 14 02 May 2009 at 8:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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Wow. I was going to ask at first why you chose to learn Cornish, especially as considering you live in Wales which has a native language that's very closely related to it.
If you can learn it, mad props to you. It's the rarest Celtic language (and probably more endangered than the rest, as it doesn't even have its own recognized country anymore, unlike Irish, Scottish Gaelic, or Welsh), and Celtic languages are very difficult to learn in the first place. Good luck! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| I Newbie Wales Joined 5705 days ago 14 posts - 14 votes | Message 5 of 14 02 May 2009 at 8:53pm | IP Logged | ||
Hi, thanks for your input. I'm living in Wales because I study here at University. You say Cornish doesn't have it's own country, but to us Cornish (most of us) Cornwall is our own country and we are "Cornish not English!" ahaha. Apparently it's a reviving language again, I'm not sure though. On a side note, does anyone know where I can get that course Jeff mentioned along with the accompanying CDs? It seems Amazon only sell the book. Thanks Edited by I on 02 May 2009 at 8:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6910 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 14 03 May 2009 at 12:07am | IP Logged | ||
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Alibris
I got vol 1 from a friend (in England) who is one of the voice actors on the CD. I should add that the lessons aren't really dialogues per se, but rather phrases with grammar explanations. The audio is for the exercises. If only Assimil published a Cornish course... Maybe the online material is sufficient, I don't know. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6012 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 7 of 14 03 May 2009 at 3:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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Have you considered studying basic Welsh as a "springboard"? There's a lot of shared concepts in the Celtic languages, and the things that take most time to get your head around are common to all of them: lack of yes/no; lack of true posession etc.
Welsh has the benefit of more material.... 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| I Newbie Wales Joined 5705 days ago 14 posts - 14 votes | Message 8 of 14 03 May 2009 at 5:59pm | IP Logged | ||
This is a good idea, thanks. Does anyone know how similar the two are? Thanks 1 person has voted this message useful |
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