BeginnerDallethor
Resources for absolute and false beginners. Start here if you're new to Cornish or returning after a break.
The beginner range covers your first words through to basic conversation. These are the resources that will serve you best at this stage — apps, audio courses, coursebooks and beginner-friendly classes.
Apps & Platforms
Learn CornishDyski KernewekFirst-party
Themed vocabulary courses, mini-games, speaking practice with voice recognition, daily challenges, a built-in PyYeth dictionary, and teacher tools for classroom use.
Freeandroidioswebdesktop
uTalk Cornish
Phrase-book app with native-speaker audio. Good for travellers and quick daily reps alongside a course.
Paidandroidios
Indylan – Learn Indigenous Languages
App for indigenous and minority languages including Cornish. Audio-focused, community-built.
Freeandroid
SwiftKey predictive text
Microsoft SwiftKey now supports Cornish, offering predictive text and spellcheck in Kernewek. Available on Apple and Android devices.
Freeandroidios
Magi Ann stories
Fun interactive story apps for preschool, nursery and family learning Cornish, with simple tales, tap-to-hear pronunciation, English translations and beloved characters.
Freeandroidios
Community Decks by Memrise
Community-contributed decks to learn and reinforce new words and phrases with fun quizzes. Desktop version only.
Freeweb
Self-paced Courses
Say Something in Cornish
An immersive audio language course designed to help learners speak and retain Cornish naturally and effectively.
Freeweb
BBC Learn Cornish podcast
Explore Cornish (Kernewek) language lessons packed with history and culture with BBC Radio 1's Danni Diston and language guide Sarah Buck.
Freeweb
GoCornish WJEC Entry Level videos
Build basic conversational Cornish in 10–12 hours of easy-to-follow video lessons, each with worksheets and activities.
Freeweb
GoCornish Audio Phrasebooks
Simple phrases with audio to get you chatting in Cornish.
Freeweb
Textbooks
Skeul an TavasRay Chubb
Classroom coursebook in Standard Written Form with traditional graphs. Good for self-study too.
Paid
Desky KernowekNicholas Williams
Comprehensive reference — grammar, mutations, phrase-book, verbal usage. All levels.
Paid
Holyewgh an Lergh Book 1 (SWF) – English medium
Follow the path — Book 1 of the SWF coursebook series by Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek. English-medium edition.
Paid
Holyewgh an Lergh Book 2 (SWF) – English medium
Follow the path — Book 2, continuing the SWF coursebook series by Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek.
Paid
Holyewgh an Lergh Book 1 – Welsh edition
SWF coursebook Book 1 in a Welsh-medium edition for Welsh speakers learning Cornish.
Paid
Holyewgh an Lergh Book 1 – Breton edition
SWF coursebook Book 1 in a Breton-medium edition for Breton speakers learning Cornish.
Paid
Skeul an Yeth 1
Kernewek Kemmyn coursebook — Book 1. The standard KK learning series from Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek.
Paid
Skeul an Yeth 2
Kernewek Kemmyn coursebook — Book 2. Continuing the standard KK learning series.
Paid
Skeul an Yeth 3
Kernewek Kemmyn coursebook — Book 3. Upper-beginner to intermediate.
Paid
Cornish Grammar for Beginners (KK)
Concise grammar reference for Kernewek Kemmyn beginners from Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek.
Paid
Cornish Grammar for Beginners (SWF)
Concise grammar reference for Standard Written Form beginners from Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek.
Paid
Grammar Workbook for the First Grade
Practical exercises to accompany first-grade KK grammar study. Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek.
Paid
Grammar Workbook for the Second Grade
Practical exercises to accompany second-grade KK grammar study. Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek.
Paid
Dictionaries
Akademi Kernewek GerlyverOfficial SWF Dictionary
Cornwall Council's Akademi Kernewek is the definitive body for corpus planning. This is the canonical Cornish-English dictionary in SWF.
Freeweb
App Gerlyver
Mobile Cornish dictionary from Akademi Kernewek. Offline-capable, search by English or Cornish.
Freeandroidios
An Gerlyver Meur (Third Edition)The Great Dictionary
The comprehensive Cornish-Cornish and Cornish-English dictionary in Kernewek Kemmyn. Third edition from Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek.
Paid
A Learners' Cornish Dictionary (Third Edition)
Accessible English-Cornish dictionary for learners. Third edition from Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek.
Paid
Gerlyver PoketPocket Dictionary
Print pocket dictionary from Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek.
Paid
Lyver Lavarow – A Cornish-English PhrasebookPhrasebook
Practical Cornish-English phrasebook in SWF. Published by Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek.
Paid
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