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Supporters of the Cornish language have, following "more than two years of passionate negotiations", agreedon an essential for official recognition of and funding for theirtongue - a "Standard Written Form" (SWF) designed to unify thedisparate versions of the revived lingo.
According to the Telegraph, the last native Cornishspeaker, Dorothy Pentreath, died in 1777 at Mousehole. In the early20th century, the language was raised from the grave and currentlyboasts around 300 fluent speakers.
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However, in resurrecting Cornish, enthusiasts deployed "varioussources from different eras", leading to several written versions,including Modern Cornish, Unified Cornish, Unified Cornish Revised,Kernewek Dasunys, Kernewek Kemmyn and Kernowak Standard.
The matter was finally resolved by a linguistic SWAT team led byNorwegian Trond Trosterud. Working with the Cornish LanguagePartnership (CLP), it was able to largely satisfy the rival factionswho voted earlier this month to ratify a SWF Specification (pdf).
Cornish speaker and CLP development officer, Jenefer Lowe, said:"There were scholastic disagreements and some pretty firmly heldopinions but we managed to reach agreement in the end. The standardform draws on the forms already in existence. This means that users ofany form will find much that is familiar, alongside some differences."
The agreement paves the way for EU cash in support of the Cornishrevival, and the SWF will now be rolled out across "brochures,pamphlets and on street signs".