Cornish

Conjugate Verbs

Facts

  • Language: Cornish
  • Alternate names: Kernowek, Kernewek, Curnoack
  • Language code: cor
  • Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Celtic, Nuclear Celtic, TGB Celtic, Insular Celtic, Brythonic, Southwestern Brythonic
  • Number of speakers: 1000
  • Vulnerability: Awakening [Read more...]
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    Introduction

    Cornish is a Celtic language that is native to the Cornish people and their homeland, Cornwall. Along with Welsh and Breton, Cornish descends from Common Brittonic, a language once spoken widely across Great Britain. For much of the medieval period Cornish was the main language of Cornwall, until it was gradually pushed westwards by the spread of English. Cornish remained a common community language in parts of Cornwall until the mid-18th century, and there is some evidence for traditional speakers persisting into the 19th century.

    Cornish became extinct as a living community language in Cornwall by the end of the 18th century. A revival started in the early 20th century, and in 2010 UNESCO reclassified the language as critically endangered, stating that its former classification of the language as extinct was no longer accurate.

    Cornish Verb

    Verbs are conjugated for:

    For example, the verbal noun gweles 'to see' has derived forms such as 1st person singular present indicative gwelav 'I see', 3rd person plural imperfect indicative gwelens 'they saw', and 2nd person singular imperative gwel 'see!' Grammatical categories can be indicated either by inflection of the main verb, or by the use of auxiliary verbs such as bos 'to be' or gul 'to do'.

    Verblist

    abattya, abma, abâtya, acordya, addya, adhyski, adoptya, affirmya, affordya, afia, afina, agria, akordya, akwirya, amendya, amma, amontya, amowntya, ankevi, askrifa, bacbîtya, berrskrifa, bones, bos, bos da, bos trigys, bos trigys en argel, bos trigys yn argel, convedhes, cria, cùntell, chassya, debri, debry, degoodh, degynsywa, demondya, dena, denagha, dengibya, denladha, denladra, densel, desegha, deseha, deservya, desinya, deski, deskrifa, desygha, determya, devera, devera dagrow, devisya, devorya, devydna, devynna, dewheles, dewi, diagnosa, diala, diank, didakla, didhana, didhemedhi, difen, divarva, dos, dowrhe, dry in rag, duhe, dybarth, dybedna, dybenna, dybri, dyllo, dyski, dysqwedhes, egyna, eva, forsâkya, fugya, gallos, gelwel, glanhe, glusa, godhvos, goffos, golhi, gordhristrui, gorra, gorra a-bervedh, gorra a-denewen, gortos, gul, gweles, gwertha, gwul, hasa, havi, hedhi, herdhya, hwibana, hwyppya, hwystra, iskarga, islinya, istitla, jynnskrifa, kara, kastiga, kavos, kegina, kerdhes, keredhi, kervya, keschanjya, keskreuni, keslowenhe, kewsel, kila, kodh, kovskrifa, kowlleski, kowlwertha, kows, kowsel, krackya, krasa, kuhudha, kuhudhas, kuntel, lavurya, lehe, lemmel, lenel, leverel, lewya, liesskrifa, lostya, lowenhe, merwel, mos a-dro, mynnes, nasya, neghi, omdhivarva, omdhon, omwolhi, owra, perna, plegya, pobas, prena, resek, restra, revya, rewlya, rolya, ry, settya, si, skrifa, skydnya, skynnya, sonskrifa, stifa, stlevi, surhe, takla, tedna, tenna, tevy, tochya, treylya, triga, trovya, truedha, trufla, tryghi, tyckya, ughkarga, ughradha, unverhe, unya, vandalisa, veksya, viajya, yma.

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