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Speak Cornish Week

Dydha da, Kernow a’gas Dynnergh! Hello, welcome to Cornwall!
Speak Cornish Week is 22 – 30 June 2024, an annual celebration of the Cornish language.
As part of Speak Cornish week, one of our volunteers, Rosie has created a free spotter trail with some of our favourite objects spoken in Cornish. Can you find all the objects in our gallery? Can you pronounce the words?
Click on the phonetic words below to hear the words spoken in Cornish.
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro – Speak Cornish Week 
№ 
Source (EN) 
Target (KW) 
Phonetic example 
Axe 
Bool 
Sword 
Kledha 
Necklace 
Delk 
Bead 
Paderen 
Comb 
Krib 
Giant 
Kowr (noun);  
Kowrek (adjective)  
Coins 
Bathow 
Fish 
Pysk (singular);  
Puskes (plural) 
Soap 
Sebon 
10 
Mirror 
Gweder-mires 
11 
Hair 
Blewen (a strand);  
Blew (collective) 
Visit other museums in Cornwall, such as Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Falmouth Art Gallery, PK Porthcurno, Wheal Martyn, Bodmin Keep and Museum of Cornish Life who are also involved in Speak Cornish Week!
Translation thanks to the Cornish Language Office. Visit www.speakcornish.com for more information on Speak Cornish Week.