Anglo-Cornish (also known as
Cornish English,
Cornu-English, or
Cornish dialect) is a
dialect of English spoken in
Cornwall by
Cornish people. Dialectal English spoken in Cornwall is to some extent influenced by
Cornish grammar, and often includes words derived from the
Cornish language. The Cornish language is a
Celtic language of the
Brythonic branch, as are the
Welsh and
Breton languages. In addition to the distinctive words and grammar, there are a variety of
accents found within Cornwall from the north coast to that of the south coast and from east to west Cornwall. The speech of the various parishes being to some extent different from the others was described by John T. Tregellas and Thomas Q. Couch towards the end of the 19th century. Tregellas wrote of the differences as he understood them and Couch suggested the parliamentary constituency boundary from Crantock to Veryan as roughly the border between east and west.