The Skipper: Should Cornwall fully switch to Cornish?

The policy supports the use of Kernewek across council operations and will see bilingual signage introduced at councilowned sites and services.

This is all very good, and it certainly recognises the Duchy’s heritage, but is it the right use of money and the best way to promote Kernewek?

Penzance has so many buildings and institutions soaked in Cornish culture and heritage, but are left either in a dilapidated state or underfunded.

Perhaps the council should think about other ways of celebrating the language – one that would be much more beneficial to the people of the town, rather than bilingual signage, which many will probably glance at but not take in.

Much is to be said about the education and actually being able to learn the language.

At the moment, these places are scarce, and one certainly can’t learn it at school - at least not in the same way that, say, Wales teaches it - so many will have no idea what words or sentences mean, beyond the popular Dydh da (Hello) and, of course, Kernow bys vyken! (Cornwall forever!).

Councils across Cornwall should look at funding museums and culture centres in order to preserve and educate people about the rich history of the Duchy, or perhaps support our schools in teaching our young generation the language properly.