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The Standard Written Form ( or SWF) of the Cornish language
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....
 is an orthography
Orthography

The orthography of a language specifies the correct way of using a specific writing system to write the language. Orthography is derived from Greek language ????? orth?s and ???fe?? gr?phein ....
 standard that is designed to "provide public bodies and the educational system with a universally acceptable, inclusive, and neutral orthography".

The new form was agreed in May 2008 after two years of negotiations between proponents of different varieties of Cornish. The SWF was influenced by 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....
, 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....
, Unified Cornish Revised, Revived Late Cornish
Modern Cornish

Modern Cornish is one of the varieties of revived Cornish language. It is sometimes called Revived Late Cornish or Kernuack Dewethas, to distinguish it from other forms of contemporary revived Cornish....
, Kernewek Dasunys, and Kernowek Standard
Kernowek Standard

Kernowek Standard is a variety of revived Cornish language. Developed gradually by a group called UdnFormScrefys , it was published as a proposal in a series of revisions....
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The Standard Written Form ( or SWF) of the Cornish language
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....
 is an orthography
Orthography

The orthography of a language specifies the correct way of using a specific writing system to write the language. Orthography is derived from Greek language ????? orth?s and ???fe?? gr?phein ....
 standard that is designed to "provide public bodies and the educational system with a universally acceptable, inclusive, and neutral orthography".

The new form was agreed in May 2008 after two years of negotiations between proponents of different varieties of Cornish. The SWF was influenced by 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....
, 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....
, Unified Cornish Revised, Revived Late Cornish
Modern Cornish

Modern Cornish is one of the varieties of revived Cornish language. It is sometimes called Revived Late Cornish or Kernuack Dewethas, to distinguish it from other forms of contemporary revived Cornish....
, Kernewek Dasunys, and Kernowek Standard
Kernowek Standard

Kernowek Standard is a variety of revived Cornish language. Developed gradually by a group called UdnFormScrefys , it was published as a proposal in a series of revisions....
. The agreement means that Cornish will become officially accepted and funded, with support from the European Union
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
. In a need for stability, the Standard Written Form will not be altered until 2013.

The negotiating teams comprised Andrew Climo
Andrew Climo

Andrew Climo is an activist for Cornish devolution and the Cornish language....
, Rod Lyon
Rod Lyon

Rod Lyon was born in Cornwall and trained as a civil engineer. After spending some early years at sea, he worked until retirement as a Local Government Officer....
, Bernard Deacon
Bernard Deacon

Bernard W. Deacon is multidisciplinary academic, based at the Institute of Cornish Studies of the University of Exeter at the Tremough University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus....
, Mina Dresser, Pol Hodge, Loveday Jenkin, George Ansell and Polinn Prees. The negotiations were chaired by Trond Trosterud, and supported by Albert Bock, Ben Bruch and Jenefer Lowe.

External links

  • - final June 2008 specification