Gwenno Saunders on Cornish - BBC web site feature

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Yes, I think that Gwenno’s album is going to be a bit of a seminal moment in the revitalisation of Cornish. Great article, thanks for sharing Rob.

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I particularly liked this:

and (without wanting to get too political), this:

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Absolutly right robbruce. Fantastic Article! But what does it mean with Breton “once the language of Brittany”? It still is innet? (In a somewhat smaller way than it was obviously, but still)

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Yes. Bit of a journalistic or maybe editing slip-up.

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Really enjoyed reading that, thanks, Rob. :slight_smile:

Here’s another very interesting interview with Gwenno Saunders from an Australian music website: Gwenno Explains Why She Wrote An Entire Album In A Minority Language

(And read the comments at the end for a sharp rebuttal to the argument that Cornish was ever an “extinct” language!)

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