Editing Cornwall (section)

====Cornish language====
{{main|Cornish language}}

[[File:Penzansagasdynerghcrop.jpeg|right|thumb|A [[welcome sign]] to [[Penzance]], in the English and [[Cornish language|Cornish]] languages]] 
Cornish, a member of the [[Brythonic languages|Brythonic branch]] of the [[Celtic languages|Celtic language family]], died out as a first language in the late 18th century. In the 20th and 21st centuries, it has been [[List of revived languages|revived]] by a small number of speakers. It is closely related to the other Brythonic languages ([[Breton language|Breton]] and [[Welsh language|Welsh]]), and less so to the [[Goidelic languages]]. Cornish has no legal status in the UK.

There has been a revival of the language by academics and optimistic enthusiasts since the mid-19th century that gained momentum from the publication in 1904 of [[Henry Jenner]]'s ''Handbook of the Cornish Language''. It is a social networking community language rather than a social community group language.<ref>{{cite web | title = Cornish in United Kingdom | publisher = European Commission | url = http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/languages/langmin/euromosaic/uk1_en.html | access-date = 11 May 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012160028/http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/languages/langmin/euromosaic/uk1_en.html | archive-date = 12 October 2007}}</ref> Cornwall Council encourages and facilitates language classes within the county, in schools and within the wider community.<ref>{{cite web |title=Learning Cornish |url=https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/the-cornish-language/cornish-language/learning-cornish/ |publisher=Cornwall Council |access-date=30 May 2020 |date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728233300/https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/the-cornish-language/cornish-language/learning-cornish/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2002, Cornish was named as a UK regional language in the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2410383.stm |title=November 2002 – Cornish gains official recognition |work=BBC News |date=6 November 2002 |access-date=25 September 2010 |archive-date=10 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010134459/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2410383.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result, in 2005 its promoters received limited government funding.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4092664.stm |title=June 2005 – Cash boost for Cornish language |work=BBC News |date=14 June 2005 |access-date=25 September 2010 |archive-date=28 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060628145437/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4092664.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Several words originating in Cornish are used in the mining terminology of English, such as [[costean]], [[gossan]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gossan |title=gossan – definition of gossan by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia |publisher=Thefreedictionary.com |date=21 September 2009 |access-date=24 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102123948/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gossan |archive-date=2 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[gunnies]], kibbal,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/kibbal |title=kibbal - Definition of kibbal - Online Dictionary from Datasegment.com |publisher=Onlinedictionary.datasegment.com |access-date=24 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903214005/http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/kibbal |archive-date=3 September 2015 }}</ref> [[wikt:keeve|kieve]]<ref>{{cite book|title=British Mining: A Treatise on the History, Discovery, Practical Development|last=Hunt|first=Robert|location=London|publisher=E. & F. N. Spon|date=1887|page=778|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MQU55QQHRGcC&pg=PA778|access-date=8 November 2016|quote=The tin stuff is put into a "kieve" about 3{{citefrac|1|2}} feet diameter and 2{{citefrac|1|2}} feet deep, and with an equal volume of water is continually stirred with a shovel in one direction until the tin stuff is in a state of suspended motion.|archive-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525044655/https://books.google.com/books?id=MQU55QQHRGcC&pg=PA778|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[vug]].<ref>''Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms'' by American Geological Institute and U S Bureau of Mines; pp. 128, 249 & 613</ref>