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Has anyone out there any leads on thid topic?
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I don't think it can be revived because I think no-one knows what the Cumbric language
sounded like or what it looked like when it was written down.
However, the Cumbric language is proof that counties are part of England even though
a Celtic language was spoken there, such as Cornwall. Cumbric was spoken all the
was from Cumbria down to Derbyshire and covered counties such as Lancashire and Cheshire.
So saying that "Cornish used to be spoken in Cornwall therefore Cornwall isn't a
part of England" is useless because Celtic languages were once spoken all over what
is now England.
Cumbria was once as "Celtic" as Cornwall.
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I myself have to agree with Adam on this one. Unlike Cornish, which we have written
records of, we just do not know enough about Cumbric for the revival of it to be
possible.
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Hi Boyz! I forgot to say that, in fact there are reverations of Cumbric in their
infancy! We'll just have to see what happens, won't we?
Ciao!
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Adam! England was a Celtic land once! Don't you know your own history for heaven's
sake?
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A nationwide DNA test was carried out to determine the genes of those taking part
and to determine DNA distribution throughout the UK a few years ago in England. The
results confirmed that most of the indigenous populatiion of the UK were indeed of
Celtic roots. Anglo-Saxon came second in England! So Adam, you're most probably a
Celt by DNA? Why do you deny your Celtic biological makeup?
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"Adam! England was a Celtic land once! Don't you know your own history for heaven's
sake"
I know it was.
That's why it's absolutely pointless saying that Cornwall is not a part of England
because they spoke a Celtic language there until recently, because they use to speak
Celtic languages ALL OVER whatis now England, so Cornwall is no different.
Cornwall - Cornish language.
Cumbria - Cumbric language.
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"So Adam, you're most probably a Celt by DNA? Why do you deny your Celtic biological
makeup"
I don't. I have English, Scottish and even Manx ancestry. My ancestors moved from
the Isle of Man to England in the early 20th Century.
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<I don't. I have English, Scottish and even Manx ancestry. My ancestors moved from
the Isle of Man to England in the early 20th Century.>
Well , isn't Scottish and Manx celtic ?
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Well, the Scots are sort of a mixture of various Germanic (Angles, Saxons, you name
it), Celtic (both Gaelic and Brythonic), and autochtonous peoples (the Picts). That
aside, linguistically, the Lowlands of Scotland have been primarily West Germanic-speaking
(that is, Scots speaking, and more recently, Scottish English speaking to a large
extent), whereas historically the Highlands and insular areas *except* the Shetland
and Orkney islands have been Gaelic-speaking. Historically, the Shetland Orkney
islands were North Germanic-speaking (speaking Old Norse, which then locally became
the Norn language), but they have been West Germanic-speaking (specifically Scots-speaking)
since the Norn language died off after they left Norway's control and entered Scotland's
control.
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"Celtic (both Gaelic and Brythonic), and.....
The above refers only to the language and not the people! That would be Gaels and
British not Gaelic and Brythonic!
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I know someone who has got a very old copy of this language, a big book about 1 inch
thick, packed of Cumbric and words and phrases. Unfortunatly, it isn't complete,
as lot of it is missing, should we report it???
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