Langenesis

Indo-European family

Cornish

c. 800 CE – today Living

Cornish (c. 800 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Celtic → Common Brittonic → Cornish.

See Cornish on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
cor
Glottocode
corn1251

Southwestern Brittonic. Ceased as a community language in the late 18th century; revived in the 20th century. The 2021 census recorded about 560 people with Cornish as main language.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1,200 BCE – 800 BCE
  3. Common Brittonicc. 500 BCE – 550 CE
  4. Cornishc. 800 CE – today

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Common Brittonic.

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