Cornwall is??

Question

England has been a country, and people from England are English, and speak English.
Wales has been a country, and people form there are Welsh, and speak Welsh (and English)
What about Cornwall? Has it ever been a country, and people form there are Cornish, and speak Cornish? Or it's just an area in England, where English people called Cornish live, and speak Cornish? It’s confusing me. Please someone tell me the answer. I am not form UK.

Answer 1

Cornwall is an English county. Incidentally, England is still a country.

Answer 2

Cornwall has never been separate though in the past some Cornish wished that it would be separate & independent.

Cornish is still spoken here & taught sometimes in schools (generally as an extra curriculum subject). Other children learn Cornish at home from the parents - however it is not as widely spoken down here as Welsh is in Wales. Some people have made tv programmes in Cornish.

Cornish is actually a language & not just an accent.

To be considered Cornish, your parents have to be Cornish or you have to be born in Cornwall. (Some would say that to be true Cornish both your parents & yourself should be born down here.)

So I suppose Cornwall is a county/an area in England where Engish people & Cornish people live. Mainly English but some Cornish is spoken down here.

As we say down here ...

Eees tha' awright me 'ansome?

Answer 3

Cornwall is believed to have been a COUNTRY in its own right once upon a time.
People from Cornwall are Cornish and Cornwall actually has it's own flag (the "St Pirans").
The language has died now and once where real Cornish (Celtic) would have been spoken English (with a country twang) is spoken. I only know certain words myself due to a Cornish dictionary but it isn't really spoken now and is definitely not the first language anymore.
Cornwall is classed as a county of England now.

Answer 4

Cornwall does have its own language although it is rarely spoken. Cornwall was once part of wales and the cornish language is similar to welsh. Wales lost Cornwall after the Norman invasion in 1066 ad.

Answer 5

Cornwall is a region. Wales isn't and has never been a country, it's a principality. England and Scotland are countries that along with Wales and Northern Ireland (Ulster) make up the union (thus Union Jack) that is the Kingdom of Great Britain.

England has many regional peoples, Scousers from Merseyside, Geordies from Newcastle, Brummies from Birmingham, Cockneys from London and twats from Yorkshire.

Answer 6

cornwall is a county in England, yes it does have its own language which dates back centuries and is of celtic origin i believe much like the gaelic spoken in ireland and scotland or the welsh language are all celtic languages. when the romans invaded what is now known as the u.k it was split into many little kingdoms, one of which was a region which cornwall was a part, and they had their own languages. but it wasnt until closer to the present day that the language that is english was taken as the national language with wales as the notable exception as welsh is now the 1st language of a large chunk of that country. as with most celtic languages it is having some what of a revival at present and from what i know is supposed to be a beautiful one if somewhat hard to learn...but what new language isnt?

Answer 7

cornwall is in england but the cornish like to think of themselves as separate and they once were. there is a cornish language but i've never heard it spoken. it's beautiful place

Answer 8

lol the uk is complicated cornwall is part of england, they do speak cornish.Like if ur from london u speak cockney and u r a cockney or a londoner, or if u r from liverpool u r a scouser and so on.Every city or town has its own accent and a name 4 that accent, its complicated i hope that answered ur question

Answer 9

Cornwell is English, we have the right to spesk and do what we want to do!!!! without regards for language or background