Cornish language

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 southwest of England. Cornish is a Celtic language and is very similar to Welsh and is related to 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.