Learn CornishKernewek
Cornish is in the blas. app now. The same app that teaches the Celtic languages with mutation drilling, structured grammar, and spaced repetition now teaches Kernewek.
Start learning Cornish today
The Kernewek course is live in the blas. app for iOS and Android: mutation drilling, grammar, reading, and spaced repetition. Free to start.
About the language
A few hundred fluent speakers and growing, with several thousand learners, concentrated in Cornwall.
Cornish (Kernewek) is a Brythonic Celtic language, closely related to Welsh and Breton. It ceased to be spoken as a community language in the late 18th century and was revived in the 20th century from written records, literature, and place names.
Cornish uses initial consonant mutation and verb-first word order like its Brythonic cousins. Modern written Cornish follows the Standard Written Form agreed in 2008, which the course uses throughout.
A taste of Kernewek
Dydh Sen Pyran lowen
Happy St Piran's Day
A common greeting on March 5
Onan hag oll
One and all
The Cornish national motto
What the course covers
- Grammar lessons covering mutation, the verbal system, and pronoun forms
- Vocabulary drilling with spaced repetition, organised by theme and frequency
- Reading passages graded by CEFR level
- Mutation practice covering every trigger and pattern
- Conversation prompts from A1 upward
- Progress tracking that adapts to your weak spots
The Cornish course includes
9,000+
Vocabulary entries
1,900+
Verb conjugation sets
4,000+
Example sentences
400+
Reading passages