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Cornwall and the Cornish
The Cornish are native Celtic British who have lived in Britain for the last 6,000 years. Originally there was a British language spoken all over Britain, known as Brythonic, which has for the last 1,500 years has been split into Cornish, Welsh and Breton.
Cornwall was once an ancient Kingdom, one of the four main kingdoms of Britain (see the Mappa Mundi and official mediaeval documents for proof). In 932AD the Anglo-Saxon King Athelstan established the border of Cornwall at the River Tamar marking the boundary between Cornwall and England, this border is still current. There has been much confusion of the nature of Cornwall as the media refer to it as an English County, which is inaccurate. There was never any official union between Cornwall and England; it still legally is a separate entity. The Cornish head of state is the Duke of Cornwall and not the queen. The courts in Cornwall are still under the jurisdiction of Cornish Stannary Law.
But the Cornish Language is asurvivor.
There have always been people within Cornwall that have had knowledge of Cornish. Today more people speak Cornish that at any time in the last 250 years.
