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language death
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A slightly revised publication of Ute Wimmer’s doctoral thesis, presented to Karl Franzens University, Austria in 2006. An assessment of the sociolinguistic situation of the Cornish Language in an international context. It examines the subjects of language death generally world-wide, language revival and linguistic diversity, promotion of ‘lesser-used’ languages and the problems faced by the revived Cornish Language.
Dyllans nebes daswrys thisys doktourek Ute Wimmer a veu kommendys dhe Bennskol Karl Franzens, Pow Ostri yn 2006. Ev yw dielvennans studh kowethyethoniethel an Yeth Kernewek yn kettestenn keswlasek. Ev a hwithra orth materyow a mernans-yeth a-dreus an Norvys, dasvywnans yeth ha diverseth yethoniethel, avonsyans a yethow ‘isdevnydhys’ ha’n kudynnow erbynn Yeth Kernewek dasvywys.

Why do languages die in the first place? According to the website Ethnologue, there are 7117 languages in the world at the moment. 96% of these are spoken by 4% of the population, and for a quarter of languages, there are less than 1000 speakers with an average number of speakers for each of 6000. Minority languages become crowded out by majority languages because the majority language seems more important. Language death has many stages.
Yn kynsa le, prag y ferow yethow? Herwydh an wiasva Ethnologue, yma seyth mil yeth kans ha seytek y'n bys yn pols ma. Hwetek kansran ha peswar ugens a veu kewsys gans peder kansran dhe'n poblans, ha rag unn kwarter dhe'n yethow, yma le ages mil kowser hepken. An niver kesriv dhe gowsoryon rag pub yeth yw hwegh mil. Yethow minoryta a dheu ha bos fesyas gans yethow rann vrassa drefen an yethow rann vrassa dhe heveli moy posek. Yma lies rann yn mernans yeth.

First, we must talk about the death of languages. What is the death of a language, and how does this relate to Cornish? The death of a language can be described thus: In the field of linguistics the death of a language takes place when a language loses it last native speaker (for further details see: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-language-death-1691215). If we apply this definition to Cornish, there must have been a last native speaker. So who was this person? If they existed at all.
Yn kensa yma res gul mencyon a vernans yethow. Pyth yw mernans yeth, ha fatel geskelm henna dhe'n Kenowek? Y hyllir deskrifa mernans yeth avel hemm: Yn yethonieth y hwer mernans yeth pan gell yeth hy howser genesik finek (rag moy gwelewgh: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-language-death-1691215). Mar tevnydhyn an deskrifans ma gans an Kernowek yma res bos kowser genesik finek. Ytho piw o an person ma? Mars esons i vyth oll.

This piece is about my research regarding language extinction and the death and revival of the Cornish language in particular. There are many lessons for the Cornish speaking community to learn regarding how to reverse language death. The most interesting of these is the importance of speaking languages with the family at home. The preferred, and most important thing, for the future of minority languages is to transfer them to the next generation, and it is not, according to linguists, good enough to only teach languages in school, or in evening classes for adults.
My a vynnsa skrifa a-dro dhe’m hwithrans yn kever mernans yethow yn ollgemmyn ha mernans an yeth Gernewek yn arbennek. Yn ow breus vy yma meur a dhyskansow rag an gemeneth kernewegoryon dhe dhyski dhyworth fatel wra hedhi mernans an yethow. Des a dheffo, an moyha didheurek yw, y fo bysi dhe gewsel yethow gans an teylu y’n chi. An gwella tra, ha’n moy posek, rag an termyn a dheu dhe yethow minoryta yw aga threusperthi dhe’n henedh nessa heb falladow, ha nyns yw, herwydh konygyon yethow, da lowr gul marnas dyski yethow yn skol, po yn klassow gorthugherweyth rag tevesigyon.

death of a language
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Death of Cornish as a community language.
Mernans Kernewek avel yeth an gemeneth.

I hope that you have learnt something about the history of Cornish and the death of a language. If you want to discover more, there are books and articles which expand on this subject.
My a wayt hwi dhe dhyski neppyth yn-kever isotri an Kernowek ha mernans yeth. Mar mynnowgh trovya moy, yma lyvrow hag erthyglow kevadow a omles war an poynt ma.

If we are to say that the language died with the death of its last speaker, we must also consider what a native speaker is. Leonard Bloomfield defines a native speaker thus: a person who has been in the environment of a language from birth. We can interpret this as someone who has learnt a language at home and/or from his parents (Language, 1994). This description says nothing about the fluency of these speakers, and so we may allow ourselves a little flexibility in recognising native speakers of Cornish.
Mar mynnyn leverel y merwis yeth awos mernans hy howser genesik finek, yma keffrys res mires war styryans a gowser genesik. Deskrif Leonard Bloomfield kowsoryon enesik avel: pobel a veu gorrys yn kerghynnedh yeth a-dhia bos genys (Language, 1994). Y hyllyn styrya hemma avel nebonan a dhyskas yeth y'n chi ha/po a-dhyworth y dewgerens. Ny wra'n deskrifans ma mencyon a frethder an gowsoryon ma, hag ytho y kas temmik a wedhynder orth aswon Kernowegoryon enesik.

The number of people who speak languages is constantly changing, sometimes increasing, sometimes becoming less, and Cornish is no different. The history of the language has varied a good deal as it has lost and gained new speakers. Unfortunately this article cannot go into details about the social history of the language, since it is merely an introduction to the question of the (supposed) death of Cornish. Whether or not you believe that the language died, the main thing to remember is that Cornish is alive today. It is spoken by hundreds (if not thousands) of people and every year the number it is spoken by increases. There are even speakers who have learnt it at home. And that, if you ask me, is a living language!
Niverow a gowsoryon yethow a janj dre'n tremyn oll, treweythyow y kressons, treweythyow yth iselhons, ha nyns yw an Kernowek dyffrans. Istori an yeth ma re varyas meur ha hi ow kelli ha kavos kowsoryon nowyth. Yn anfeusik nyns a'n erthygel ma dhe vanylyon yn-kever istori kowethasek an yeth awos nag usi saw komendyans dhe'n govyn a vernans (sopposyes) an Kernowek. Mar krysowgh y merwis an yeth po na, an dra bosek dhe bethi kov anodho yw bos an Kernowek bew y'n jydh hedhyw. Hi a gowsir gans kansow (mar na milyow) a dus ha pob bledhen yma'n niverow a's kows ow kressya. Yma hogen kowsoryon a's dyskas y'n chi. Ha honna yw yeth bew mar kovynnowgh dhymm!

It’s wonderful to sing something written in the Cornish language but usually, we have to get hold of a translation of the original English words. We are grateful to many people for their excellent translations, and especially to our former teacher, John Parker for his help before his death in 2020.
Bryntin yw kana neppyth skrifys y’n yeth kernewek hy honan mes herwydh usadow, res yw dhyn kavos treylyans an geryow derowel Sowsnek. Synsys on ni dhe veur a dus rag aga threylyansow skentel, hag yn arbennek dh’agan kyns dyskador, John Parker a’y weres kyns y vernans yn 2020.