About Cornish

Cornish is one of the family of Celtic languages, closely related to Welsh and Breton and slightly more distantly to Irish, Scots Gaelic and Manx.

Photo of St Piran procession at Perran Sands

In this section you will find a short history of Cornish, taking you from the beginnings of the language through to the revival of the last hundred years and up to the present day.

Within Cornish Today you will find details of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages which the government ratified in respect of Cornish in 2003 as well as an Independent Survey commissioned by the Government in 2000.

In the section about the Future you will find the Cornish Language Development Strategy, which outlines a vision for the future of the language.

The Partnership is currently working towards collating up to date information on the spread of Cornish today and the results of this work will be published on the site in due course.

  • History
    A brief history of the Cornish language

  • Cornish Today
    Cornish today is a living language and is recognised as such under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
    Link to article

  • The Future
    The Cornish Language Strategy sets out the broad direction for the development of the language in the future. It will be subject to regular review.