Kesva an Taves Kernewek

Not to be confused with the official public body for Cornish, the Cornish Language Partnership.

Kesva an Taves Kernewek (Cornish for Cornish Language Board) is an organisation that promotes the Cornish language. It was founded in 1967 by Gorseth Kernow and the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies.^[1] It is represented on the official language body, the Cornish Language Partnership.

It currently has 18 members, 13 elected and 5 appointed.^[1] The Kesva is the main proponent of the Kernewek Kemmyn orthography but "recognises the Standard Written Form for use in education and public life".^[2]

References

External links

Kesva an Taves Kernewek - website

Cornish language

Topics	Revival Last speaker Grammar Numerals Cornish surnames Glasney College Plen-an-gwary

Literature	Bodmin manumissions Pascon agan Arluth Ordinalia Beunans Meriasek Bewnans Ke Cranken Rhyme Bible translations

Orthographies	Standard Written Form Kernewek Kemmyn Kernowek Standard Modern Cornish Unified Cornish

Organisations	Cornish Language Partnership Agan Tavas Cussel an Tavas Kernuak Kesva an Taves Kernewek Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek Movyans Skolyow Meythrin

Key figures	Henry Jenner Robert Morton Nance Edward Lhuyd Dolly Pentreath Chesten Marchant John Davey Richard Gendall Ken George Nicholas Williams

Related articles	Brittonic languages Celtic languages

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