Lladd Iaith Cernyw – Pwy, Pam, a Phryd?

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Shifft Ieithyddol yng Nghernyw, 1300-1750 (Wikipedia)

Shifft Ieithyddol yng Nghernyw, 1300-1750 (Wikipedia)

Where Cornish was Spoken and When: a Provisional Synthesis, gan Matthew Spriggs yn Cornish Studies, 2003. Erthygl academaidd ar hanes y Gernyweg o gyrhaeddiad yr Eingl-Sacsoniaid tan ei “marwolaeth” yn yr ail ganrif ar bymtheg. Difyr iawn, ac yn ddadleuol, dwedwn i.

We know from the laws of Ine of the late seventh century that British subjects of Anglo-Saxon kings were treated in a discriminatory manner compared with English ones. But by that time who were the British? The definition must surely have been essentially linguistic. Language shift in the case represented a shift in ethnicity. The British were not genocidally dispersed; by language shift they too became English.

Doedd yr un peth ddim wedi digwydd trwy’r adeg oedd y Rhufeiniaid ym Mhrydain; roedd y Brythoniaid wedi cadw eu hiaith, er iddynt fenthyg o’r Lladin. Dim ond dan y Sacsoniaid ddiflanodd y Frythoneg o’r tir a fyddai’n dod yn “Lloegr” yn y pen draw.

(Ymwadiad diangen: Nid Ydwyf yn Ieithydd Hanesyddol. Os ydych chi’n deall y stwff yn well na fi, neu yn gwybod lle alla i ddarllen rhagor er mwyn deall yn well, defnyddiwch y blwch sylwadau, da chi.)

Diolch i Robert Humphries (ar Facebook) am y linc i’r erthygl.

Cernyw Heb Rent

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Post diddorol ar y maes heddiw ’ma, ynglŷn â’r blog Rent Free Cornwall, sef, yn y bôn, rhestr o dai haf yng Nghernyw sydd ar gael i bobl lleol eu sgwotio.

There is an ongoing housing crisis in Cornwall. Property speculators and investors are buying more houses as Cornwall becomes more fashionable. Towns and villages are becoming ‘ghost towns’ as local working families are forced out, unable to afford to either rent or buy a home. But all these empty homes can be saved, and communities restored, simply by lawfully squatting them.

Syniad difyr, neu syniad ffôl?

Sut wyt ti’n sillafu “goroesi” yn Gerneweg?

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Spelling row could see Cornish go west – erthygl o’r Guardian am y ffraeo sy’n atal dadeni iaith Cernyw.

The government money is on the table and the political will in Whitehall and Europe is apparently growing to help Cornish speakers turn their native tongue into a viable, living language.
But there is one stumbling block: Cornish speakers cannot agree on how their language should be spelt.

Three main groups who have driven forward the revival of Cornish are at loggerheads over how the language should be written.