Cornish

Cornish is spoken mainly in Cornwall and also by a few people in Australia and the USA. There are about 350 fluent speakers and maybe 3,500 people have some knowledge of the language. Cornish is a member of the family of Celtic languages and is related to Welsh and Breton.
The form of Cornish used here is Kernewek Kemmyn.

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Examples from the eBooks: Learn some numbers, colours and a few simple phrases in Cornish with Jack, Lisa and Pete the Parrot.
Numbers...
onan, dew, tri, peswar, pymp, hwegh, seyth, eth, naw, deg, unnek, dewdhek.
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
	teyr avanenn three raspberries
	Py lies aval eus? Nyns eus saw unn aval. Ass yw sawrek! How many apples are there? There is only one apple. How delicious!
Colours...
	An vleujenn ma yw rudhvelyn. Ass yw teg! This flower is orange. How beautiful!
	An ergh yw gwynn ha yeyn. Brrr... The snow is white and cold. Brrr...
melyn .......... rudhvelyn .......... rudhwynn ........... rudh ............ purpur .......... gwyrdh
yellow ... orange ... pink ... red ... purple ... green blue ... brown ... grey ... black ... white
glas .......... gell .......... loes ......... du ............ gwynn
Meeting Pete...
	Hou! Peder yw ow hanow. Pyth yw dha hanow? Hello! My name is Pete. What is your name?
Going on a picnic...
	Pleth eson ni ow mos hedhyw? Yth eson ni ow mos dhe'n lynn rag kroust. Where are we going today? We're going to the lake for a picnic.
	Hedh, Peder! Kellys on ni! Ple'ma an hyns? Ny yllyn ni y gavoes. Stop, Pete! We're lost! Where is the path? We can't find it.
Time for lunch...
	Yma nown bras dhymm. I am very hungry.
	Meur ras dhis! (to one person) Meur ras dhewgh! (to more than one person) Thank you.
	Yma syghes dhymm ynwedh. I am thirsty too.
Magpie attack!
	Ogh!! Gweres! Gweres vy! Ke dhe-ves! Ow!! Help! Help me! Go away!
Goodbye...
	Dyw genes! (to one person) Dyw genowgh! (to more than one person) Goodbye!
Extra words...
	Ya. Yes. Na. No. Mar pleg. Please. Wolkomm os ta! (to one person) Wolkomm owgh hwi! (to more than one person) You're welcome.
Download the full eBook set to learn more about Numbers, Colours and more Simple Phrases. Follow the exciting adventures of Jack and Lisa as they meet Pete the Parrot and go off to find hidden treasure and go on a lakeside adventure!