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'''[[Cornish language|Kernewek/Cornish]]'''
'''[[Cornish language|Kernewek/Cornish]]'''
Kernewek was once the language of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset. Anglo-saxon conquests pushed the language further and further west until Kernewek was spoken only west of the river Tamar. Later the English language continued the encroachment of Kernewek from the east until according to Richard Carew's Survey of Cornwall in 1602 the language was almost totally gone. Today there are no native speakers, but a few people are fluent speakers of Kernewek as a second language and interest in the language is increasing.
Kernewek was once the language of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset. Anglo-Saxon conquests pushed the language further and further west until Kernewek was spoken only west of the river Tamar. Later the English language continued the encroachment of Kernewek from the east until according to Richard Carew's Survey of Cornwall in 1602 the language was almost totally gone. Today there are no native speakers, but a few people are fluent speakers of Kernewek as a second language and interest in the language is increasing.
'''Pictish''' (Extinct)
'''Pictish''' (Extinct)
Pictish is a little understood language that was spoken in East Scotland before being replaced by Gàidhlig, no consensus has been reached on exactly where it fits within the Celtic language group. Some linguists hold that Pictish is closely related to Gaulish whilst others claim it is a Brythonic language closely related to welsh. A likely explanation is that Pictish was most closely related to the Brythonic languages but had diverged from them early and still contained a higher influence from Continental Celtic languages.
Pictish is a little understood language that was spoken in East Scotland before being replaced by Gàidhlig, no consensus has been reached on exactly where it fits within the Celtic language group. Some linguists hold that Pictish is closely related to Gaulish whilst others claim it is a Brythonic language closely related to Welsh. A likely explanation is that Pictish was most closely related to the Brythonic languages but had diverged from them early and still contained a higher influence from Continental Celtic languages.
==See also==
==See also==