Kernowek Standard - Kernowek Standard (KS)

Kernowek Standard (KS)

After the publication of the specification of the Standard Written Form, members of UdnFormScrefys, after scrutinizing the published description, decided to form a new, public group, called Spellyans ('Spelling'). This group undertook to study the published SWF, to determine what shortcomings it might have, and to propose and implement solutions to those shortcomings. This investigation identified a number of inconsistencies, ambiguities, and errors, and public discussion on the archived Spellyans discussion list led to the publication of a number of texts in the resulting orthography, called KS (and not KS2), culminating in the publication of the Bible in Cornish and in a comprehensive grammar, Desky Kernowek on 1 May 2012.

KS differs from the Standard Written Form in several respects. It uses diacritics to mark unpredictable vowel length or quality. While rejecting digraphs such as hw, kw and iw on the grounds that they are not found in the scribal tradition, KS uses some others such as ai and au which were not included in the SWF. KS and the SWF also differ in their treatment of unstressed vowels and in the spelling of a number of individual words. Both KS and the SWF share a common phonology, however.