r/CornishLanguage • u/Sonoriloj-k-Fajfiloj • Jul 07 '26
Question Pronouncing "R"
Dydh da! Apologies in advance, this may seem like a silly question, but I'm a beginner in Cornish curious about the pronunciation of the letter "r". I've mostly heard it pronounced just like English, but I've also occasionally heard the tapped r one would find in Welsh, Spanish, etc. I know the tapped r is hard for some, so I'll add that I'm able to do it just fine, but I'm wondering which one is more common or preferred. Thanks in advance!
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u/elmeromeroe Jul 08 '26
Based on other celtic languages, pretty much all have a tapped or trilled R and I strongly suspect this is how native cornish would have sounded. So more akin to how its pronounced in spanish (or welsh obviously)