2021 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Dewdhek
De Sül, üdnegves mis Gorefen
Sunday, 11th
July
Pandr'ew lettryster? Ew cultur ha hencovyon possybyl heb lienogeth? Pandr' üjy ow darvos gen tavosow mars ew an bobel anlettrys? Üjy cultur ow bewa whath awos anlettryster? En Breten Veur, e'n jedh hedhyw, thera nei ow ûsya alfabet Roman. A veu skians redya ken devedhyans an Romans? En Wordhen ha Kembra ma ader dro pajar cans men scrifys. Ma'n scrifa en scrift ogham (kens-Roman). Ken scrifa thera cultur dre gows crev. Berdh ha prydedhyon a wrüg lâwl whedhlow a duwyow, gorwer ha kenedhlow, gen afînansow dhe fecla ort aga gwarthyjy. Na veu othom a'ga scrifa. Scrifa a veu rag cagejow ha rôlyow (taclow o calish dhe remembra). Nena Cristonedh a dheuth - "crejyans an Lever". Martesen lienogeth ha Cristonedh a lesas warbarth. Scrifers o a bris. Bes an brâssa cressyans en skians redya a dheuth gen devisyans an gwask pryntya (re dhiwedhes rag an tavas Kernôwek). Bes lebmyn nei ell "clowes" nebes levow dhort termyn tremenys. Meur ras dhe'n scrifers.
What is literacy? Are culture and traditions possible without literacy? What happens with languages if the people are illiterate? Does culture survive in spite of illiteracy? In Great Britain, nowadays, we use the Roman alphabet. Was there literacy before the arrival of the Romans? In Ireland and Wales there are about four hundred inscribed stones. The writing is in ogham script (pre-Roman). Before writing there was a strong oral culture. Bards and poets told many stories of gods, heroes and clans, with embellishments to flatter their overlords. There was no need to write them. Writing was for monuments and lists (things hard to remember). Then Christianity came - a "religion of the Book". Perhaps literacy and Christianity spread together. Scribes were important. But the biggest increase in literacy came with the invention of the printing press (too late for the Cornish language). But now we can "hear" some voices from time gone by. Thanks to the scribes.
Deg ger
rag hedhyw Ten words for today
anlettryster
(m) ~ anlettryseth
(f) illiteracy < anlettrys illiterate
awos in spite
of, despite
bewa
whath to survive
cagas (m) monument
> cagejow
darvos to
happen, occur, befall
devedhyans
(m) arrival
dre gows oral
fecla ort
to
flatter
lettryster
(m) ~ lienogeth
(f) literacy < lettrys literate
skians ~
gallos redya (m) literacy
tavosow languages
< tavas (m)
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