Kernewek Kemmyn

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Kernewek Kemmyn is a standardized orthography of revived Cornish designed in the late 20th century to provide a more phonemic and consistent spelling system for the language.

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Label Occurrences
Kernewek Kemmyn canonical 3

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orthography
aimsToReflect Cornish phonology
alsoKnownAs KK
appliesTo revived Cornish
characteristic consistent
phonemic
comparedWith Standard Written Form of Cornish
Unified Cornish
Unified Cornish Revised
controversy orthographic disputes within the Cornish revival movement
country United Kingdom
designedIn late 20th century
domain Celtic linguistics
language planning
orthography design
hasFeature reduced etymological spelling variation
regularized consonant spellings
systematic representation of vowel length
influencedBy phonemic principles
language Cornish
languageBranch Brythonic languages
linked to: Brittonic
languageFamily Celtic languages
purpose to provide a more consistent spelling system for Cornish
to provide a more phonemic spelling system for Cornish
region Cornwall
script Latin script
status one of several competing orthographies for revived Cornish
timePeriod late 20th century
topic Cornish language revival
usedBy some Cornish language learners
some Cornish language publications
usedFor writing revived Cornish
writingSystemType alphabetic

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cornish hasRevivalVarieties Kernewek Kemmyn
Standard Written Form precededBy Kernewek Kemmyn
Unified Cornish Revised relatedTo Kernewek Kemmyn