If you would like to start using Cornish in your business, request a translation or contact us for advice. This dictionary is in the Standard Written Form (SWF) of the Cornish Language, as agreed in 2008 and reviewed in 2014. We make every effort to ensure that each expression has definitions or information about the inflection.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The dictionary is written in the Standard Written Form of Cornish and the intention is that it will be constantly updated and extended.Akademi Kernewek is recognised by Cornwall Council as the definitive body responsible for corpus planning for the Cornish language.

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As well as a Cornish-English / English-Cornish dictionary, this volume includes the pronominal prepositions required for first and second grade study, a selection of useful verbs, numbers and idioms in Cornish, and examples of good sentence structure in a variety of tenses. The translated sentences you will find in Glosbe come from parallel corpora (large databases with translated texts).