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Language code: cor

Technical information about ISO 639 language code cor

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The table below provides technical details for the Cornish language, designated by the cor code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

cor

Name

Official

Cornish

Native

Kernewek

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
West CornishEast Cornish
Related languages
BretonWelsh
Key facts
Brythonic Celtic language that diverged from Common Brittonic around the 7th centuryLast fluent traditional speaker died in the late 18th century, triggering a 20th-century revival movementWritten with the Latin alphabet and occasional diacritics such as â and ïA Standard Written Form was agreed in 2008 to reconcile competing orthographiesModern estimates place the active speaker community at a few thousand learners and fluent speakers.
Sample phrase

Dydh da, fatla genes?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Cornish language, identified by the code cor, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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