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CORNISH [2 records]

Record 1 2005-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

Of, or belonging to Cornwall County (extreme southwest part of England).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Qui se rapporte au comté de Cornouailles (extrémité sud-est de l'Angleterre).

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A member of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages that become extinct in the 18th or early 19th century, most closely related to Breton, a Celtic language of Brittany in northwestern France.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue appartenant au rameau brittonique des langues celtiques, proche du gallois et du breton, autrefois parlée dans le comté de Cornwall en Angleterre.

Spanish

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