Cornish Americans facts for kids
Total population | |
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2 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
California, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
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Languages | |
English (American English dialects) Cornish | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Cornish, English Americans, Welsh Americans, Breton Americans, Manx Americans, Scottish Americans, Scotch-Irish Americans, Irish Americans |
Cornish Americans (Cornish: Kernowyon yn Amerika) are Americans who describe themselves as having Cornish ancestry, an ethnic group of Brittonic Celts native to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles in the United Kingdom.
Images for kids
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A "Cousin Jack's" pasty shop in Grass Valley, California
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Natasha Trethewey, United States Poet Laureate
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President Truman, possibly a Cornish Tremaine
See also
In Spanish: Inmigración córnica en los Estados Unidos para niños
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