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Dalleth (beginning) was a support organisation for parents and families bringing up children to speak Cornish
Cornish language

The Cornish language is one of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages. The language continued to function as a community language in parts of Cornwall until the late 18th century, and there have been attempts to revive the language since the early 20th century....
. It organised camps and other children's activities, mostly during Cornish Language related events. It also assisted in the production of books and learning materials in Cornish, including translations from other Celtic languages
Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic", a branch of the greater Indo-European languages language family. The term "Celtic" was used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, having much earlier been used by Greek and Roman writers to describe tribes in central Gaul....
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At its peak there were perhaps a dozen families involved, but as these were spread over the whole length of Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 regular events such as playgroups could not be effectively organised.






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Dalleth (beginning) was a support organisation for parents and families bringing up children to speak Cornish
Cornish language

The Cornish language is one of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages. The language continued to function as a community language in parts of Cornwall until the late 18th century, and there have been attempts to revive the language since the early 20th century....
. It organised camps and other children's activities, mostly during Cornish Language related events. It also assisted in the production of books and learning materials in Cornish, including translations from other Celtic languages
Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic", a branch of the greater Indo-European languages language family. The term "Celtic" was used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, having much earlier been used by Greek and Roman writers to describe tribes in central Gaul....
.

At its peak there were perhaps a dozen families involved, but as these were spread over the whole length of Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 regular events such as playgroups could not be effectively organised. The organisation was weakened following the introduction of Kernewek Kemmyn
Kernewek Kemmyn

Kernewek Kemmyn is a variety of the revived Cornish language.Kernewek Kemmyn was developed, mainly by Ken George, from Unified Cornish in 1986....
, as some of its more active members opted to continue with Unified Cornish
Unified Cornish

Unified Cornish is a variety of revived Cornish language. Developed gradually by Morton Nance during and before the 1930s, it derived its name from its standardisation of the variant spellings of traditional Cornish MSS....
. Eventually Dalleth was merged back into Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek

Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek is a Cornish language association which exists to promote,encourage and foster the use of the Cornish language.Unlike other Cornish language organisations, Kowethas an Yeth...
 and no longer exists as a separate organisation.