**Gerlyver Termonieth Henwyn Tyller Hwithrans** Dictionary Terminology Place Names Research **Akademi Kernewek** Derivas Penn an Vledhen | End of Year Report **– 2024 2025** akademikernewek.org.uk b Akademi Kernewek Berrskrif 2024/251 Summary 2024/25 Gerlyver Dictionary Termonieth Terminology (https://cornishdictionary.org.uk/) 1,027,368 +37,161 4,007 +291 Specialist Cornish terms More entries than 2023124 Total dictionary searches More searches than 2023124 Comp•rison of Dictionary Website Vs App searches WEBSITE APP Henwyn Tyller Place names 2024125 .760 (Iiw (https=l/www.akademikernewek.org.uklplace-names) 952.650 (94%) 2023124 157.57716%) 2022123 121,665 (2%) 9,357 +399 200.000 400.000 600.th) 800.000 1,000.IAM) Database entries available More entries than 2025124 Dirtionary searehes by month (Ebr 2024-Meu 2025) Total entries in place name database D.lloo 8,694 8.958 l},357 60.QOD A Website & App 20mO 9.500 EBft ME MET Goft EST G¥J¥ HED KEV £EN HWE MEV B,500 2023 2024 2025 Unique Cornish headwords 25,000 16,6i12 20,000 20,95d 18,511 1nfr•stn￿tUrt M1419 lioi Topographleal Featurt Wl 467 +19 Eetlesbastle Parbsh 1200 CMI Parhsh 1172 +1 Coastal Featurt Wl 488 +28 H5storfe Slte M 316 +27_.' -1+1819 15.000 2023 2024 2025 Korpus Corpus ELeEtoralWard 116 16 44 +7 128.+L Comparison of place name database entries in 2024/25 FieLd Urban GTvn Space (https:/lwww.akademikernewek.org.uklcorpus) 341,706 +288,598 Matehed OS Open Names with AK street names data Contalnsos data QCrowtsCo&wri9ht landd*abasÈrl9htl120231 Total eorpu$ searehes More searches than 2023124 OS Named Roads in Cornwall AK Matches No Match www.akademikernewek.org.uk 4,000 6.000 8,000 ## **Raglavar | Introduction** ## **Organisation type** CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 27 Nov 2019 ## **Charity Number** 1186610 ## **Charitable objects** ## **Governance** The Akademi Kernewek is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) that is managed by a Board of Trustees who meet every two months. Four Panels (working groups), each with their own specialist function, meet more regularly and report their research work to the Board for approval. Work of the Akademi including minutes of meetings are published on the Akademi Kernewek website: ## **https://akademikernewek.org.uk/** To advance the education of the public in the cornish language by: - A. Developing understanding of Cornish language vocabulary, grammar and place names. - B. Developing the collective knowledge and understanding of the cornish language and making this knowledge publicly accessible for use by schools, pre-schools, adult education classes, educational establishments, research organisations, and anyone with an interest in, or in learning, the Cornish language. ## **How we have met that purpose** The Akademi Kernewek and its four Panels have met regularly through 2024/25 to develop its research work in support of development of the online Cornish dictionary and the Cornish place name database. The Akademi has continued its focus on improving the quality of data in the online dictionary. It has also continued to expand entries and information available in the Cornish place-name database. The schedule below sets out the detailed achievements of the Akademi Kernewek in 2024/25. **Akademi Kernewek** Annual Report 2024–2025 3 ## **Towl Ober | Work Plan 2024–25** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Task Output Completion Progress
date
The Akademi main process
The Akademi will continue to focus on improving the smooth-running Panel reports to Board with Ongoing • Workflow process generally working.
of the two main cycles: clear recommendations •
Backlog of recommendations from
•
New terms by Terminology Panel > Additional research where Terminology and inputting substantially
required by Research Panel > Approval by Board > Checking, cleared – all Term lists inputted by end of
expanding entries and inputting by Dictionary Panel. March 25 and 21 letters of the alphabet
• reviewed and inputted
Place Names > Approval by Board and publication on Akademi
website. •
5 letter lists remaining for review in spring
2025.
• Monitor and publish the following outputs: Annual report of metrics April 25 • Annual report of metrics produced for
24/25 – see below
• research (no.of new terms, no.of place names) and
•
impact (no of dictionary searches, no of corpus searches, no of
segments in corpus search)
Governance
• Annual review of governance policies and procedures Updated pack on website March 2025 • Reviewed March 2025 – no update required
from 2024 pack.
• Review of Board membership including skills audit and Renew/replace Trustees March 2025 • Trustees and panel members under review.
appointment of replacement/new Trustees as appropriate All panel members written to in March 25
to check members want to continue – and
aim to recruit 2 new trustees to Board in
2025/26
• Prepare risk management policy Policy agreed by Board • No progress – not required but good
practice. Priority for 25/26
SWF
• Consultation on SWF spec appendix: Hyphens Publication online • Appendix approved by Board in July 2023
but need to consult
• Prepare and publish a users’ guide to SWF Publication online • No progress
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Task Output Completion Progress
date
• Develop proposals for convergence of SWF M & L Approach agreed by Board • No progress - Board agreed to prioritise
review of dictionary database first. Board to
discuss proposals in summer 2025.
Dictionary and New Terms
• Clean existing dictionary database files and ensure compliance KEY PRIORITY Ongoing • Stage 1 review by analyst complete.
with 3rd Edition of the SWF specification by March 2025 • Stage 2 review by Terminology Panel – 50%+
• Target 100% review a) approved by Board and b) inputted by complete.
March 2025
•
Target missed but substantial progress and
due to be complete by June 2025.
• Disambiguate terms with duplicate entries to clarify context/use Database reviewed March 2025 • Database review will clarify many duplicate
entries – but not all. This will be an ongoing
action.
• Expand number of terms in the online dictionary by researching 500+ new terms added to the March 2025 • 2423 headwords added in 24/25
failed searches from the online dictionary, terms used in online dictionary
translations and research on specialist topic areas.
Place Names
• Add translations for place names and street names to the 200 place & street names March 2025 • 399 place names and street names
Akademi Place Name database added to database researched and added in 24/25
• Research place names for the Gorsedh 2024 location Draft contents for Gorsedh March 2025 • Callington area place names researched and
booklet provided.
Research
• Provide in-depth research to complex enquiries from the Panel reports to Board On-going • Research Panel providing advice to Board
Terminology Panel on queries from Term Panel by next Board
meeting.
• Research and advise on grammar enquiries from the Translation Review queries March 2025 • No enquiries received.
Service.
Technology
• Develop a digital framework for Kernewek with Cornwall Council Publish draft March 2025 • Framework has not progressed but CLO has
to frame development of tools and language bank. developed Common Voice voice-bank – a
key building block. CLO will convene a tech
framework workshop in summer 2025.
• Online dictionary – develop fuzzy search Fuzzy search enabled 2024/5 • No progress - funding required for Bangor
University to develop solution.
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Task Output Completion Progress
date
• Prioritise development of the following tools: dictionary app Publish a spellchecker March 2025 • Verb conjugator – draft content produced
(complete), verb conjugator, a thesaurus, a parts of speech but unclear how to manage proofreading
tagger, and a spellchecker
Communications
• Host the Skians 2024 Cornish language research conference Call for papers May 2024 • Not delivered.
together with the University of Exeter
Conference Oct 2024
• Host and publish one online talk related to a subject researched One online technical lecture March 2025 • Not delivered.
by the Terminology Panel.
• Work with Rosweyth (Speak Cornish) to publicise the work of the Ongoing • The 2024/25 metrics and links to resources
Akademi and its resources were posted – but more could be done.
Higher Education
• Work with the University of Exeter to support the delivery of Ongoing • ICS undertook evaluation of Cornish
Cornish language research and teaching, and contribution to distinctiveness projects and Cornish
wider Cornish studies. language strategy in Dec 2024.
• A taught Cornish language intermediate module for Taught module commences Ongoing • Module offered but no student signed up.
undergraduates at the Penryn Campus Need to review whether this is the right
offer.
• A research programme at the Institute of Cornish studies, Ongoing • ICS evaluation of Cornish language strategy
including socio-linguistic research. and distinctiveness – ICS applied for further
funding in spring 2025 to develop this work.
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