Cornish Language The Lord's Prayer http://www.robbiewright.com/html/product1.htm

[CelticChrissy]

now i want this book :)

[cornubian]

Yma genev yn sempel an omglewans ... pan wrav vy prederi y hallav vy kewsel ow thaves. Me ne vidn kewsel sawsnek, na. Awos an Kernowyon, vidn Kernewek.

[ckom9]

Cool, I don't know a thing about Cornish, but it sounds christian/pagan mixture.

[hot4warcriminals]

@ckom9 What does that even mean?

[samholdsworth]

It's exactly what I envy coming from east Sussex . I wish the rest of England had kept it's heritage intact as well the Cornish. Amazing language.

[athb4hu]

Some words recognisable from Welsh, like bara and heddyw. Thanks for this.

AB

[cornubian]

Agan Tavas, Agan Teere!

Meur ras.

[iamearthbornami]

thankyou

[LunasCraincloud]

Not to mention that the Good King Arthur would have spoken something closer to Arabic then Cornish Ya git.

[milekrizman]

@LunasCraincloud Are You Arab? King Arthur spoke arabic? Maybe he was a muslim too? Did You finish elementary school? I have a feeling that I am speaking with a 10-year old child.

[MichalPtacnik]

@milekrizman Of course you do realize he is correct, right? There is not one continental Celtic language alive today and has not been since maybe the tenth century, Gaulish has been unfortunatelly dead for a long time. Breton, it is true, has the phonology and some elements borrowed from western Gaulish, but otherwise, it is insular celtic brought to Bretany by immigrants from southern Britain. Some of the sound of Gaulish survives in pronounceation of French and Breton though.

[milekrizman]

@MichalPtacnik Yes, I know that. I heard some guy on YouTube speaking Gaulish fluently. Just type 'Gaulish language' so You can hear it. Pity is that Romans colonized all Western Europe and now we lost Celtic, Iberic, Illyrian (part my ancestors) and other languages in favor of Vulgar Latin and Greek. But in my opinion, it would be AWESOME if British people would start to talk as King Arthur did in 5. century A.D. And French people Gaulish. I would introduce Illyrian in Croatia and Bosnia :)

[milekrizman]

Hy

I am glad to hear Cornish language. In my opinion english people are originally celtic speaking Britons who were forced to speak language of Anglosaxons. In the future, I hope that Cornish will become official language in whole England.

English would be a lingua franca as was Latin in middle ages.

LET'S RETURN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF ENGLAND - CORNISH - LANGUAGE OF KING ARTHUR!!!

[LunasCraincloud]

@milekrizman You sir are out of you Split mind. There were at least 4 recorded Languages in the Albian and Breton regons, not to mention The Scoti Scotii Gael Gala Glig Ablab aine Manx and so on Outer spoken languages. Cornish is just one of those. I think it is a wonderful language but the idea that there was ever one spoken language in what was a tribal region with outer influence as far back as Rome and most probably farther.

[milekrizman]

@LunasCraincloud I KNOW THAT!!! Picts were in Scotland and Britons in what is today England and Wales. So, Welsh and Cornish are THE ONLY REMAIN languages of the ancient Briton.

Why wouldn't we revive it to the fullest in all England. English has become lingua franca of the world, especially the internet. Why not promote minority languages in a fashion by making them official?

[LunasCraincloud]

@milekrizman What about Breton? People speak that too ya know.

[milekrizman]

@LunasCraincloud Well, French is not so wide spread as english is (USA, Canada, Australia, New Zeland...etc.)

Also, Breton language is NOT NATIVE to France. GAULISH language is native to France. Gaulish has been extinct I think since late antiquity. We could also revive Gaulish in France, why not, but I don't think that there is enough vocabulary for reviving this language.

Breton people came from Britain in the 6. century after Anglosaxon invasion.

[ladypenelopethecat]

Excellent, & that's a super book!

[smartwarlord]

Beautiful.

FREE KERNOW

[speakswahilidammit]

Absolutely wonderful!!!

[darkhyena]

It sounds much more aspirated than Welsh

[kernow62]

I'll certainly be ordering the book Craig. Glad it is a hard cover, one of the ones you did in paperback that was printed in Cheshire I think fell apart before I could get it home from Cornwall to the States. I must admit though I used it a fair bit whilst wandering the moors.

[ralphinio4]

I love Cornwall! Apparently, I've got Cornish in me on my mothers side, the surname Treleven. Anyone know anything about this name?

[torontosteve]

Yma bramm koth ow redya an Pader.

[ronaldinhollew]

WOW!

I'm Welsh and I understood some of that.

There was a line in the middle that sounded almost exactly like the line from the Welsh Lords' Prayer, "Dyro ini heddiw ein bara beunyddiol"

[hanterkant]

@ronaldinhollew As a Breton speaker I can understand many words too: neñv (heaven), anw (name), bara (bread), droug = naughty, bad. bys viken = da viken = forever

Sorry for the spelling in Cornish!

[miniriddick2]

@ronaldinhollew I'm Welsh and I understood some of it too, and that line erally did stand out :L

[Urdalibertine]

Uh the Old English Lord's Prayer is nice too.

[sjheiss]

Really great to see interest in Cornish, but you could at least learn to pronounce it (more) correctly, to be more credible as a Cornish learner. Congrats though, keep up with the studies! If you already speak it really well, then it's about time you care more about the language's history. :)

[CornishBiker30]

@sjheiss Was this comment in error or malice? Craig Weatherhill is not only a leading expert on the language but also on the history of the language, along with the history of the land. Check his name through a search engine some time. His pronounciation is exemplary. I'm totally at a loss to know what you're talking about to be honest. I'd like to know who you are that you patronise this man like he's some sort of beginner?

[kernow62]

@sjheiss You are pulling our leg aren't you?

[Stevebarrettfilm]

This guy is really interesting!

Anyone know how to contact him?

Id love to talk to him about Kernow

[Aeoen]

My ancestors were Welsh. I don't have any family left in Wales, that I know of, but I still find the Brythonic languages and cultures to be fascinating. I'd like to visit Wales one day, but I'm sure nobody would have me.. haha. This video is really great.

[KCVolcom]

Mae'n swnio mor debyg i'r Gymraeg, yn enwedig y rhan sy' rhywbeth fel: "Roedden heddiw ag ein bara bobdeithol".

[Peldroedcymru]

Great to hear Cornish. My first language is Welsh and although I couldn't understand every word, I think there's enough similarity to follow the gist of it. Not quite mutually intelligable, but easy to tell both our languages come from the same family and are closely related.

[cwmhyfryd]

welsh/cornish i learn celtic languages

[Femblagh]

Gwrës yn ta, Craig!

Lovely to hear the Late Cornish. Looking forward to more!

Thomas

[Awenek]

Nice job! We need more like this, maybe I should add something in a Celtic language?

[bacabu30]

Cornish IS a Celtic language. Which Celtic language do you know some of?

[Awenek]

Without getting mean to this reply, I will nicely say to you...yes it IS a Celtic language. But you did not read my comment well enough to understand in what context I meant to 'add something in a Celtic language.' We are writing in English, not in Welsh, Breton, Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic OR Cornish! Next time please read carefully before replying...I study Celtic languages and cultures so please refrain from any more ignorant replies. Look before you leap...

[bacabu30]

Well then, I would have said "Maybe I should add something in ANOTHER Celtic language."

There's no need to get mean. I was only asking you which of the Celtic languages you knew as you said you wanted to post something in one of them. I was only enquiring. Sorry you got out of the wrong side of the bed.

[bacabu30]

I was only politely asking you which Celtic language it is that you speak, as you imply you know one (or more) so no need for an over-reaction. You should have said "maybe I should add something in ANOTHER Celtic language to avoid ambiguity. Sorry to see you got out of the wrong side of the bed.