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cornish language
The CornishLanguage is a BrythonicLanguage of the UnitedKingdom. SIL code: CRN. ISO 639-1: kw. ISO 639-2: cor. Population: A number of people under 20 years of age are first language speakers. There are 1,000 speakers who use Cornish as their everyday language, and about 2,000 others who speak it fluently (1999). Region: Duchy of Cornwall, southwest of England. Alternate names: KERNOWEK, KERNEWEK, CURNOACK. Comments: Bilingualism in English. Some children grow up bilingual. Church services are held in Cornish. There are evening classes, correspondence courses, summer camps, children's play groups. There is a Cornish Language Board. It became extinct as a first language in 1777, but is being revived. Two spelling systems are in use. Taught in some schools. Bible portions 1936.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancesbrythonic languageOf the seven InsularCelticLanguages (CelticLanguages), three are classified as a BrythonicLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 celtic languageA CelticLanguage is any of seven closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in the UnitedKingdom, Ireland, and northern France.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 indo european languageThere are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 insular celtic languageAll seven CelticLanguages are also classified as an InsularCelticLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 language familyA LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family)
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 natural languageThe subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
Belongs to Class indo european language


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