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Agan Tavas (Our Language; in Kernewek Kemmyn orthography Agan Taves) is a society which exists to promote the Cornish language. It was formed in 1987 to promote the use of Cornish as a spoken language. At that time only those observed to be using the language fluently could become members by invitation. In 1990 Agan Tavas was reformed by its members into an open society with the aim of ensuring continued support for the Unified form of revived Cornish first put forward in 1929 by Robert Morton Nance.

Agan Tavas recognises the validity of any form of revived Cornish based on orthography used by Cornish people at any time in the history of the language. It opposes the use of what it sees as invented forms of the language which lack any historical authenticity.

Agan Tavas received a boost in its membership after 1995 when Nicholas Williams of University College Dublin claimed in his book Cornish Today that the form of Cornish known as Common Cornish, devised by Ken George and favoured by the Cornish Language Board, was badly flawed.

At present, Agan Tavas supports the amendments made to Unified Cornish but respects the rights of its members to use either Unified Cornish or Unified Cornish Revised. It maintains a list of classes using historical Cornish, organises events for its members and publishes books in both Unified and Unified Cornish Revised. It produces for its members the four monthly bilingual magazine An Gowsva ('The Talking Shop').

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Kernewek Kemmyn (Common Cornish or "KK") is a variety of the revived Cornish language.

Kernewek Kemmyn was developed, mainly by Ken George, from Unified Cornish in 1986.
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Official status
Official language of: Not an official language but a recognised minority language in the United Kingdom
Regulated by: Kesva an Taves Kernewek (KK), Agan Tavas (UC, UCR), Cussel an Tavas Kernuak (RLC)
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Robert Morton Nance (1873-1959) Born in Cardiff of Cornish parents. Nance moved to Cornwall in 1906 where he lived at the village of Nancledra near St Ives.

A leading authority on the Cornish language, and joint founder the Old Cornwall Society.
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The orthography of a language specifies the correct way of using a specific writing system to write the language. (Where more than one writing system is used for a language, for example for Kurdish, there can be more than one orthography.
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Nicholas Jonathan Anselm Williams (born October, 1942 in Walthamstow, Essex now London, England), writing as Nicholas Williams or sometimes N.J.A. Williams, is a leading expert on the Cornish language.
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University College Dublin (Irish: An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) - National University of Ireland, Dublin (Irish: Ollscoil na hÉireann, Baile Átha Cliath
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Kernewek Kemmyn (Common Cornish or "KK") is a variety of the revived Cornish language.

Kernewek Kemmyn was developed, mainly by Ken George, from Unified Cornish in 1986.
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Ken George is an oceanographer noted as being the originator of Kernewek Kemmyn, an orthography for the Cornish language intended to be more faithful to Middle Cornish phonology than its precursor (Unified Cornish). This claim has been challenged from time to time.
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The Cornish Language Council (CLC; Cornish: Cussel an Tavas Kernuak) is an organisation promoting the revival of the Cornish language. The CLC encourages research into the Cornish of all periods but supports the teaching and dissemination of modern (or Late) rather
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Kesva an Taves Kernewek (Cornish Language Board in Cornish; in UCR orthography Kesva an Tavas Kernowek) is a representative body promoting the Cornish language.
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The United Kingdom does not have a constitutionally defined official language. English is the main language (being spoken monolingually by more than 70% of the UK population) and is thus the de facto official language.
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Cornwall
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Motto: Onen hag oll
(Cornish: One and all)

Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region South West England
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Penwith (Cornish: Pennwydh) is a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council is based in Penzance.
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    Kerrier (Cornish: Keryer) is a local government district in Cornwall, England, UK. It is the most southerly district in the United Kingdom, other than the Isles of Scilly. Its council is based in Camborne.
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    Carrick is a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Truro. The main centres of population, industry and commerce are the city Truro and the towns of Falmouth/Penryn.
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    Caradon is a local government district in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It contains five towns, Callington, Liskeard, Looe, Saltash and Torpoint, and over 80 villages and hamlets within 41 civil parishes. Its District Council is based in Liskeard.
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    North Cornwall is the largest of the six local government districts of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Wadebridge. Other places include Bude, Bodmin, Launceston, Padstow, and Camelford.
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    Restormel is a borough of Cornwall, United Kingdom, one of the six administrative divisions that make up the county. Its council is based in St Austell. Other places include Newquay.

    The borough is named for Restormel Castle.
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    Isles of Scilly (Cornish: Ynysek Syllan) form an archipelago of islands off the southwesternmost tip of Great Britain. Traditionally administered as part of the county of Cornwall, the islands now have their own
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    Bodmin
    Cornish - Bosvenegh

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    Bude
    Cornish - Bud

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    Camborne
    Cornish - Cambron

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    Falmouth
    Cornish - Aberfal

    Falmouth, Cornwall ()
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    Hayle (Cornish: Heyl) is a small town, civil parish and cargo port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK. The parish was created in 1888 from part of the now defunct Phillack parish, with which it was later combined in 1935,
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    Helston
    Cornish - Hellys/Henlys

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    Launceston
    Cornish - Lannstefan

    Launceston, Cornwall ()
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    Liskeard
    Cornish - Lys Kerwyd

    Liskeard ()
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    Newquay
    Cornish - Tewynn Pleustri

    Newquay ()
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    Penryn
    Cornish - Pennrynn

    Penryn, Cornwall ()
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    Penzance
    Cornish - Pensans

    Arms granted to the municipal borough of Penzance in 1934
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