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Radio Cornwall,28 May 2026,11 mins

5. Year 3’s Secret Code

Learn Cornish, Dyski Kernewek

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Danni Diston and Sarah Buck go back to school to learn Cornish colours. They join a Year 3 class at St Catherines C of E Primary School in Launceston, the first school in the world to make Cornish its main language. Recap with the class as students also share greetings, numbers one –10 and the weather. Producer Beth Woodbridge. Video producer: Helen Munro Berry. Sound producer: Ben Coates. Executive Editor: Emma Clements. Revision What colour is it? - Py liw yw? Blue - Glas Red - Rudh Purple - Purpur Yellow - Melyn Green (natural) - Glas Green (artificial) - Gwyrdh Orange - Rudh-velyn You’re Welcome - Ostar For the best experience, go back to the start of the series and listen to episode one to start building your Kernewek vocabulary.

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