Resources

Curious what Cornish sounds like? Learning and need immersion in the language? Fluent and want more Cornish content? 

(Green words on our website can be hovered over (or tapped on mobile) to reveal their meaning. For example: Splann!)

Here you will find links to Kernewek music, radio, videos, news and weather, games and much more. You can also find books in Cornish at our shop online.


Listen in Cornish

Radio – News

Audio Books

The Story of St Piran

An Nowodhow is news broadcast in Cornish on BBC Radio Cornwall every Friday morning. You can listen on BBC Sounds and find scripts and translations.

Listen to our publications as audiobooks via our podcast or by downloading the sound files from our bonus materials.

Radio – Music and Chat

YouTube – Music Playlist

An Radyo is a weekly radio programme with Celtic music, as well as current affairs in Cornish.

This is a playlist of over 300 songs in the Cornish language, all available on YouTube.

Watch in Cornish

TV – Sitcom

YouTube – Minecraft Let’s Play

Degemeroryon is a Cornish language sitcom about receptionists and a fish-out-of-water headteacher at a Kernewek primary school.

The popular Minecraft Let’s Play series Gwren Ni Gwari features videogaming, commentary and casual Cornish chat.

Animations – Folk Tales

Short Films

The MAZED project created animated Cornish folktales in various styles, with English subtitles.

Speak Cornish has a wide variety of short films in Cornish or available bilingually.

Play in Cornish

Computer Game – Minecraft

Card Games – Various

You can play the Java edition of Minecraft in Cornish on Windows, Mac and Linux; just find it in the menu!

There are number of great Cornish print-and-play card games that you can download for free and make at home.

Mobile Game – Word Tango

Board Game – Besont

Word Tango

Word game Word Tango can be played in Cornish on Android and Apple phones and tablets.

The abstract family board game Besont has a Cornish theme and vocabulary to play.

Socialise in Cornish

Discord Server

Bluesky – Kernewek Starter Pack

The Dyski Kernowek server on Discord is a social space focused on learning Cornish with lots of younger speakers.

If you’re on Bluesky, so are we! We’re part of a handy Kernewek Starter Pack of accounts to follow using the language there.

Our Socials

As well as being on Bluesky, you can find us on Facebook and Instagram. We also have a WhatsApp community for members to ask questions, practice their Cornish and socialise in Kernewek and English. If you want to join in, just join us!

For Children

Songs – Animation

Books with Bonus Content

Kara Kana is a set of charming animated children’s songs, nursery rhymes and lullabies, for little tackers.

A number of our books for children have bonus content including audio recordings and video storytime.

Other Resources

The Weather

The Date and Time

An Gewer yn Kernow

An Gewer yn Kernow gives you the weather forecast in the Cornish language.

This webpage tells you the current date and time in Cornish.

Even More Resources

There are two excellent lists of online resources: a curated one on Stoff Kernewek and a comprehensive one on Celtic Languages.

Our Friends

Check out these other organisations who are part of our wonderful Kernewek community.

An Rosweyth – the network of voluntary Cornish language organisations
Agan Tavas – promotes the use and study of the language
Akademi Kernewek – online dictionary and corpus planning
Celtic League Cornwall – useful information and legal sources
Cornish Language Office – Cornwall Council office leading the Council’s language programme
Cussül an Tavas Kernôwek (The Cornish Language Council) – Modern Cornish for one and all
ELEN – European Language Equality Network
Kesva an Taves Kernewek (The Cornish Language Board) – teaching, exams and educational materials
Federation of Old Cornwall Societies – protecting and promoting Cornish history, heritage and culture
Go Cornish – get into the Cornish Language Revival
Gorsedh Kernow – the Celtic Spirit of Cornwall
Meythrin MSM (Nursery Schools Movement) – supports Cornish language for children

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