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Cornish is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,508 at the 2020 census. [3] It is part of the Portland ...
Maine State Route 25 passes through Cornish, leading southeast 21 miles (34 km) to Gorham and west 20 miles (32 km) to Center Ossipee, New Hampshire. State Route 5 leads south-southeast from Cornish 34 miles (55 km) to the city of Saco and north-northwest 20 miles (32 km) to Fryeburg. Cornish was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. [2]
A Cornish speaker. Cornish (Standard Written Form: Kernewek or Kernowek, [8] pronounced [kəɾˈnuːək]) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family.Along with Welsh and Breton, Cornish is descended from the Common Brittonic language spoken throughout much of Great Britain before the English language came to dominate.
They evolved from the Common Brittonic formerly spoken across most of Britain and were thus related to the Welsh and Cumbric varieties spoken in Wales and the Hen Ogledd (the Old North, i.e. Northern England and the Scottish Lowlands), respectively. The earliest stage of the languages, Primitive Cornish/Breton, is unattested. Written sources ...
Cornish is a restored and living modern language, but most of its speakers are enthusiasts, persons who have learned the language through private study. [139] Cornish speakers are geographically dispersed, meaning there is no part of Cornwall where it is spoken as a community language. [139]
Cornish probably ceased to be spoken as a community language sometime around 1780, with the last monoglot Cornish speaker believed to be Chesten Marchant, who died in 1676 at Gwithian (Dolly Pentreath was bilingual). However, some people retained a fragmented knowledge and some words were adopted by dialect(s) in Cornwall.
Cornish ceased to be spoken as a community language around 1800. The revival of the language is generally dated to the publication of Henry Jenner's Handbook of the Cornish Language (1904). Jenner's work aims to pick up where the language left off and, as such, is mainly based upon Late Cornish vernacular and Lhuyd.
People associated with Cornish, Maine. Pages in category "People from Cornish, Maine" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.