Kernewek Tweets

@BigAlCruz @Kenedhloger Because just like English, we had a word for re- and a word for cycle! Put them together and voilà

@Kenedhloger this will sound dumb but how does an older extinct language develop a word for a modern concept like recycling?

Cornish went from being an extinct language to even being used on bins

@pnbsbb Kyns oll, kynth o Dewnans tiredh brythonek y’n termyn yw passyes, nyns yw tus Dewnans Keltyon na hwath. Ha pella, kyn fo an kolmennow yntra Kernow ha Breten Vian pur ogas, gwell yw omrewl dhe’n Gernowyon, ha ny’gan beus hwans a vos rewlys dhyworth tu aral an Mor Bretennek.

La patrie bretonne organisée en état souverain retrouverait son aire d'influence naturelle, bien au delà de ses frontières actuelles. L'État breton contrôlerait à nouveau stratégiquement la Manche (Mor Breizh).

@IanSaltern “Tus Germogh (kries stenoryon) yth yns tus vuskok; heb own Duw ha'n bys, ny allav leverel unn ger da orta” Skrifys yn Kernowek yn 1710!

Twitterverse! I am searching for a Cornish tutor. Turns out, I am better at learning Japanese than my own native language! So! Can anyone help?! Point me in a direction

@CllrDickCole Somebody please tell them that “Cornwall White Paper” is “Paper Gwynn Kernow” not “Kernow Gwynn Paper”

At Cornwall Council today, I challenged one and all to unite around a more ambitious devolution demand than contained in the White Paper document presented to the Council's ruling Cabinet. For more information, see: mebyonkernow.org/news/mk-commen…

@echetus You have no idea what you’re talking about.

@IanSaltern An gath 😜

2 monster pallets in today for @haycinemabooks ' Hay Festival stock. Not booked-in (grr...) but nice to be in the sunshine for a bit (but it's tougher hand-balling these days...) 1 box caught my eye, briefly went into (my pretty poor) Welsh mode but no! @kernowlingo #Cornish

Kala Me Lowen! May Day in Cornish is Kala Me, so to say Happy May Day we say “Kala Me Lowen!” The Obby Oss festival in Padstow is said to have ancient origins, and the word “hobbihors” is mentioned in the 1504 Cornish language drama Bewnans Meriasek.

Koffi ha kows rag dyskoryon #Kernewek ha Kernewegoryon yn #Aberplymm dy'Gwener 3a a vis Me 5.30-7.30pm yn Caffeine Club. Pubonan yw wolkom! @SAYKernewek @GorsedhKernow @Kowethas1 @speakcornish1 @gocornish @CornishNews @CornwallLive @Plymouth_Live (1/2)

@ChrisWoodPZ @stealurspoons @YesCornwall @CornwallCouncil There are studies, but I doubt they’d satisfy you either way. Keep an open mind, and remember that Cornish speakers are taxpayers too.

@kernowlingo @stealurspoons @YesCornwall @CornwallCouncil Do you have any properly conducted, independent research showing a projected net increase in tourism income purely by deploying council funded dual language signage?

Lead from the front @CornwallCouncil: - Universal bilingual logo with Cornish first - HQ only one name, Lys Kernow - Rename Brown Willy to Bronn Wenneli

Ever fancied learning a bit of Cornish? 🗣 Drop into our new monthly sessions and pick up a few words and phrases! Come on the first Thursday of each month, 2-4pm (next session 2 May) No booking required. Splann! #speakcornish #learncornish #kernewek #kewselkernewek #splann

@ChrisWoodPZ @stealurspoons @YesCornwall @CornwallCouncil People don’t visit towns that are the same as any other. Cultural tourists like difference, something that’s interesting and they don’t get at home. Seeing the Cornish language in Cornwall is just one part of it, but it contributes to making Cornwall a distinctive destination.

@stealurspoons @YesCornwall @CornwallCouncil I don’t believe that more people will visit Cornwall because of dual language signs.

@ChrisWoodPZ @YesCornwall @CornwallCouncil You’re a bit behind the times Chris, it was dead a hundred years ago. Now there are hundreds of fluent speakers and thousands of learners, a number that is growing, and we are taxpayers too. Cornish has benefits for business, education, tourism, culture and heritage

@YesCornwall @CornwallCouncil Nothing against people learning the language for a hobby but it’s a dead language. Wishing it otherwise won’t change anything. Having everything translated into Cornish is an incredible waste of valuable taxpayers money that could be spent far better elsewhere.

Want to learn #Cornish but dont want to do weekly evening classes? Then come along to this short 2 day course for complete beginners - An Enys - in Truro on Sat 13 & Sun 14 April - no books - just fun: eventbrite.co.uk/e/pennseythen-…

Easter in Cornish is “Pask”, so to say Happy Easter we say “Pask Lowen!” 🐣

@Tomjez @SPTomos Cornish marghas same as Breton, direct from Latin

Elizabeth Freeborn releases debut single in Cornish language dlvr.it/T4YDjv

Calling all creatives with a passion for the Cornish language!📣 This July, our week-long Cornish language residency is returning to St Endellion. We welcome composers, musicians, singers and writers to apply. DEADLINE: 22 APRIL Find out more: endelienta.org.uk/cornish-langua… (1/3)

Cornish has collective nouns, which can be made singular by adding -en, and made plural by adding -ennow Gwedh = trees Gwedhen = a tree Gwedhennow = some trees Other examples are ster ‘stars’, steren ‘a star’, ergh ‘snow’, erghen ‘snowflake’, gwenen ‘bees’, gwenenen ‘a bee’