kw
Technical information about ISO 639 language code kw
The table below provides technical details for the Cornish language, designated by the kw
code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
Cornish belongs to the Indo-European language family, more specifically to the Brittonic subgroup. It is used by a minority group in Cornwall, England. It is estimated that there are around 500 to 1000 fluent speakers worldwide, with a larger number of people having some knowledge of the language.
Speakers
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Cornish speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
kw-GB
– Cornish (United Kingdom)
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