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Charter

The Council of Europe’s Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

In November 2002, after a seven-year campaign by Cornish organisations and local authorities, the United Kingdom government specified Cornish under Part II of the Council of Europe’s Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

Under the terms of the Charter, the government is committed to ‘base its policies, legislation and practice’ on a list of nine objectives and principles which, for example, express recognition of Cornish as an expression of cultural wealth and support resolute action to promote the language. The existence of Cornish as an emblem of regional distinctiveness was an important factor in Cornwall being awarded Objective 1 status.

So in the fields of the arts and tourism promotion of the language may be used to give added economic and cultural value.

These could include signage or closer links between tourism and the language to encourage the sense of Cornwall being ‘different’.

The full Charter and explanatory notes can be downloaded below.

Council of Europe’s Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

Charter Explanatory Notes

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